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Are Unsafe Abortions Stopped by Legalizing Abortion?

By Brian Clowes, PhD and Marisa Cantu / October 4, 2024 /

Before Roe v. Wade led to the widespread legalization of abortion, pro-abortion activists had a problem. The procedure was viewed with extraordinary negativity, and statistics did not back up their various arguments for legalizing abortion. Recognizing that abortion itself was unpalatable to the public, they resorted to a variety of emotional appeals to promote its…

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Conversion Therapy: Controversy and Reality

By William Lawyer / November 15, 2024 /
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Conversion therapy has long been a controversial subject, often regarded as being wholly unethical by critics. Over the last several decades there has been a powerful push to ban it, with publicity painting it as being abusive and harmful. But though like any practice there can be unethical conversion therapy, the facts of it are…

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The Apparent “Pro-Life Until Birth” Hypocrisy

By Brian Clowes, PhD and Marisa Cantu / November 22, 2024 /
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Is it true that the anti-abortion side is “pro-life until you’re born?” After the Supreme Court overturned Roe vs. Wade in 2022, the pro-choice rhetoric seemed to escalate. Pro-lifers are accused of many things, such as not caring about women, denying “essential” healthcare through abortion access bans, or violating “reproductive rights.” One of the misperceptions…

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