Why Real Men Are Pro-Life
Here are 4 reasons why pro-life men's opinions on abortion DO matter.
Resources:
➡️ Abortion's psychological impact on men: https://www.hli.org/resources/men-abortion/
➡️ Post-abortion stress syndrome: https://www.hli.org/resources/post-abortion-stress-syndrome/
➡️ Should men speak against abortion?: https://www.hli.org/resources/men-speak-abortion/
➡️ Men and abortion: https://menandabortion.net/index.php/2021/05/11/men-and-abortion-an-overview/
➡️ Men's mental health and abortion: https://www.uffl.org/pdfs/vol27/UFL_2017_Coyle.pdf
➡️ Preabortion counseling, relationship difficulties, and psychological stress: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1534765609347550
➡️ Abortion clinics and waiting room men: https://static1.squarespace.com/static/554d6ae9e4b063a0302afbb6/t/5bc8d0148165f5832556eb18/1539887125083/ACP_Sociological+Insights.pdf
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The Racism of the Pro-Abortion Movement
Historically, abortion promoters have had racist and eugenicist motivations. Today, abortion is quickly shrinking the black population in America.
RESOURCES:
➡️ Is the pro-life position racist?: https://www.hli.org/resources/is-pro-life-racist/
➡️ Margaret Sanger, Planned Parenthood's racist founder: https://www.hli.org/resources/the-difference-one-racist-made-margaret-sangers-world/
➡️ Planned Parenthood targets minority neighborhoods: https://www.protectingblacklife.org/pp_targets/index.html
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Why Women Get Abortions
Many believe that most abortions occur in cases of rape, incest, health of the mother, or birth defects. But what does the data say?
RESOURCES:
➡️ Why women abort: https://www.hli.org/resources/why-women-abort/
➡️ Why do women have late-term abortions? https://www.hli.org/resources/why-do-women-have-late-term-abortions/
➡️ Reasons US women have abortions (Guttmacher): https://www.guttmacher.org/sites/default/files/pdfs/journals/3711005.pdf
➡️ Induced abortion in the United States (Guttmacher): https://www.guttmacher.org/fact-sheet/induced-abortion-united-states
➡️ Understanding why women seek abortions in the US: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3729671/
➡️ Reasons why women have induced abortions: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5957082/
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How Does the Abortion Pill Work?
Also known as medical abortion, the abortion pill is a painful, difficult method of abortion that women usually suffer at home alone.
➡️ Testimonials from women who've used the abortion pill: https://www.hli.org/resources/abortion-pill-stories/
➡️ More about abortion procedures: https://www.hli.org/resources/tools-used-for-abortion/
➡️ More about the abortion pill: https://www.hli.org/resources/abortifacient-brief-ru-486-abortion-pill/
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What Are the Side Effects of Abortion?
Abortion can cause dangerous side effects such as pelvic inflammatory disease, placenta previa, future ectopic pregnancy, cervical lacerations, uterine perforations, and maternal death.
For sources and more detail on abortion risks: https://www.hli.org/resources/risks-of-abortion/
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How Does Abortion Affect Mental Health?
Contrary to popular belief, abortion can have devastating effects on women's mental health, including depression, anxiety, and suicidal thoughts.
Sources and more info at https://www.hli.org/resources/post-abortion-stress-syndrome/
Abuses of the "mental health" exception in abortion laws: https://www.hli.org/resources/support-abortion-preserve-womans-mental-health/
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What About Abortion for Rape and Incest?
Rape and incest are such terrible acts that even self-proclaimed pro-lifers sometimes support abortion in these cases. But is abortion really the best response?
Keep learning:
➡️ Post-abortion stress syndrome: https://www.hli.org/resources/post-abortion-stress-syndrome/
➡️ Abortion in cases of rape: https://www.hli.org/resources/shouldnt-allow-abortions-help-victims-rape/
➡️ Abortion in cases of incest: https://www.hli.org/resources/shouldnt-allow-abortions-help-victims-incest/
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Should Abortion Be Allowed for Birth Defects?
Is abortion the "compassionate" choice for babies with birth defects?
RESOURCES:
➡️ Shouldn't abortion be allowed for serious or fatal birth defects? https://www.hli.org/resources/abortion-serious-fatal-birth-defects/
➡️ Should parents opt out of prenatal testing? (podcast): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_zuWNnqT-o
➡️ Sex-selective abortion: https://www.liveaction.org/what-we-do/investigations/sex-selective-abortion/
➡️ When they warn of rare disorders, these prenatal tests are usually wrong (NY Times): https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/01/upshot/pregnancy-birth-genetic-testing.html
➡️ Why Down syndrome in Iceland has almost disappeared: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/down-syndrome-iceland/
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Women Don't Benefit From Abortion. So Who Does?
Is abortion really in the interests of women? In reality, abortion is a way for men to exploit women, using them sexually without the responsibility of parenthood.
RESOURCES:
➡️ Can a pro-lifer be a feminist? https://www.hli.org/resources/pro-life-feminist/
➡️ Feminists for Life: https://www.feministsforlife.org/
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Will Abortion Hurt My Relationship?
While many women get abortions to save their relationship with their husband or boyfriend, just the opposite tends to happen.
Learn more about how abortion affects relationships at https://www.hli.org/resources/relationship-after-abortion/
What's Partial-Birth Abortion?
How does partial-birth abortion (dilation and extraction, or D&X) work? And why is it so controversial?
RESOURCES:
➡️ Tools Used for Abortion: https://www.hli.org/resources/tools-used-for-abortion/
➡️ Gonzales vs. Carhart Upholds Congressional Ban on Partial-Birth Abortions: https://www.hli.org/resources/gonzales-vs-carhart/
➡️ Stenbeg v. Carhart: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stenberg_v._Carhart
➡️ Partial-birth abortion: https://www.usccb.org/issues-and-action/human-life-and-dignity/abortion/partial-birth-abortion
➡️ The facts of partial-birth abortion: https://www.nrlc.org/archive/abortion/facts/pbafacts.html
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Does Contraception Prevent Abortion?
These studies show whether contraception stops unplanned pregnancies and abortions.
RESOURCES:
➡️ Does contraception lead to abortion? https://www.hli.org/resources/contraception-lead-abortion/
➡️ Contraception and its deadly consequences: https://www.hli.org/2017/08/contraception-deadly-consequences/
➡️ The birth control pill's unintended consequences: https://www.hli.org/resources/birth-control-pill-unintended-consequences/
➡️ Greater access to contraception does not reduce abortions: https://www.usccb.org/issues-and-action/human-life-and-dignity/contraception/fact-sheets/upload/Contraception-fact-sheet.pdf
➡️ The false promise of contraception: https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2012/02/the_false_promise_of_contraception.html
➡️ The complex relationship between contraception and abortion: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1521693419300458
➡️ Does contraception reduce the abortion rate?: https://www.patheos.com/blogs/badcatholic/2012/11/does-contraception-reduce-the-abortion-rate.html
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Shouldn't Every Child Be Wanted?
Pro-abortion advocates often appeal to the idea of “wanted” versus “unwanted” children. The idea is that as long as abortion is legal, every child will be “wanted,” since the “unwanted” children will be aborted.
But shouldn’t every unborn child be “wanted” as well?
RESOURCES:
➡️ Shouldn't every child be wanted? https://www.hli.org/resources/shouldnt-every-child-wanted/
➡️ NY Times: When they warn of rare disorders, these prenatal tests are usually wrong https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/01/upshot/pregnancy-birth-genetic-testing.html
➡️ Virginia governor describes how post-birth abortion would proceed https://cnsnews.com/article/national/emily-ward/virginia-governor-describes-how-post-birth-abortion-would-proceed
➡️ What did Ralph Northam really say about abortion? https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/what-did-ralph-northam-really-say-about-abortion/
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Do Pro-Lifers Care about Life after Birth?
One common criticism of pro-lifers is that they're “pro-life until you’re born," meaning they don’t care about the lives of pregnant women and other people who are already born. So is it true?
RESOURCES:
➡️ Why do pro-lifers stop caring about children after they're born? https://www.hli.org/resources/pro-lifers-stop-caring-children-theyre-born/
➡️ US adoption statistics: https://adoptionnetwork.com/adoption-myths-facts/domestic-us-statistics/
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How Many Abortions Have Happened?
Images are powerful. These images will help you grasp the number of abortions that have happened in the U.S. and worldwide.
Keep learning from the articles below:
➡️ Societal impact of abortion on the U.S.: https://www.hli.org/resources/abortion-affect-united-states/
➡️ More abortion statistics: https://www.hli.org/resources/statistics-on-abortion/
➡️ CDC Abortion Surveillance report: https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/70/ss/ss7009a1.htm
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Is Abortion Protected by the Constitution?
In its Roe v. Wade decision, the Supreme Court held that abortion is protected by the U.S. law because it is covered by a “right to privacy" found in the Constitution. So why is a legal right to abortion still so controversial?
RESOURCES:
➡️ Isn't abortion a legal, constitutional, and human right? https://www.hli.org/resources/abortion-no-constitutional-human-right/
➡️ Griswold v. Connecticut: https://caselaw.findlaw.com/us-supreme-court/381/479.html
➡️ Eisenstadt v. Baird: https://caselaw.findlaw.com/us-supreme-court/405/438.html
➡️ Roe v. Wade: https://caselaw.findlaw.com/us-supreme-court/410/113.html
➡️ The right of privacy: http://law2.umkc.edu/Faculty/projects/ftrials/conlaw/rightofprivacy.html
➡️ 14th Amendment Due Process: https://constitution.findlaw.com/amendment14/annotation03.html#1
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What about "My Body, My Choice"?
Women should have control over their bodies, but does that justify abortion?
RESOURCES:
➡️ When does human life begin?: https://www.hli.org/resources/acorns-eggs-and-captive-violinists/
➡️ The "my body, my choice" argument: https://www.hli.org/resources/shouldnt-women-able-control-bodies/
➡️ Benefits of pregnancy: https://www.parents.com/pregnancy/my-body/changing/benefits-of-pregnancy/ and https://www.whattoexpect.com/pregnancy/your-health/pregnancy-benefits
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Do You Have to Be Religious to Be Pro-Life?
Many people assume that all pro-lifers are religious, and that “normal” people are pro-choice. So, do you have to believe in God to oppose abortion?
RESOURCES:
➡️ Why abortion is wrong (the argument from science): https://www.hli.org/resources/abortion-is-wrong/
➡️ How your fetus grows during pregnancy: https://www.acog.org/womens-health/faqs/how-your-fetus-grows-during-pregnancy
PRO-LIFE GROUPS with no religious affiliation:
➡️ Feminists for Life: https://www.feministsforlife.org/
➡️ Secular Pro-Life: https://secularprolife.org/
➡️ Live Action: https://www.liveaction.org/
➡️ Students for Life: https://studentsforlife.org/about/who-we-are/
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