Secular Pro-Life

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Secular Pro-Life
AbbreviationSPL
Formation2009 [1]
President
Kelsey Hazzard
Executive Director
Monica Snyder
Website www.secularprolife.org

Secular Pro-Life (SPL) is an American secular anti-abortion organization. SPL argues against abortion and conducts advocacy, including on university campuses. [2] [3]

History

A Secular Pro-Life banner at the March for Life in Washington, D.C. in 2013 A Secular Pro-Life banner at the March for Life in Washington, D.C. (2013).JPG
A Secular Pro-Life banner at the March for Life in Washington, D.C. in 2013

Secular Pro-Life was founded in 2009 by Kelsey Hazzard, who serves as the Board President. Hazzard identifies as an atheist, and attended law school at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Virginia. [4] In 2021, Secular Pro-Life announced its first Executive Director, Monica Snyder. [5] Snyder, who also identifies as an atheist, studied chemical biology at University of California, Berkeley and forensic science at University of California, Davis.

Secular Pro-Life ran a stall at the 2012 American Atheists conference. Their presence there caused some controversy within the atheist community. [4]

In February 2014, Hazzard gave a talk at the University of Georgia titled "Pro-Life Without God". [2] In the run up to the event, SPL posters were repeatedly torn down in an attempt to thwart Hazzard's presentation. [2]

In March 2024, Executive Director Monica Snyder gave a presentation at the University of Portland entitled "Deconstructing Three Pro-Choice Myths." [6]

References

  1. ↑ "History". secularprolife.org. Retrieved 17 July 2014.
  2. 1 2 3 Fouriezos, Nicholas (6 February 2014). "Pro-life speaker gives secular position on abortion". The Red and Black . University of Georgia. Archived from the original on 7 March 2014. Retrieved 17 July 2014.
  3. ↑ Saussy, George (21 October 2013). "Yale hosts first pro-life conference". Yale Daily News . Archived from the original on 12 August 2014. Retrieved 17 July 2014.
  4. 1 2 Fain, Leslie (24 January 2013). "Atheist, Secular, and Pro-Life". Catholic World Report . Archived from the original on 23 July 2014. Retrieved 18 July 2014.
  5. ↑ Introducing Secular Pro-Life's first Executive Director!, 22 August 2021, retrieved 2021-11-14
  6. ↑ "Anti-abortion speaker draws protests". The Beacon. Retrieved 2025-01-03.
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