Reclaiming Pro-Life

The anti-choice, anti-woman, anti-abortion ideology corrupted the term “pro life” in reaction to Roe v. Wade in 1973. If you’re interested in, or tired of, the propaganda touted by an extreme reactionary movement, then learn how and why it is time to reclaim the term “pro life!”

References:

Regarding Pro-Life as a Religious Term

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consistent_life_ethic
2. https://www.usccb.org/beliefs-and-teachings/what-we-believe/catholic-social-teaching/life-and-dignity-of-the-human-person
3. https://researchguides.ben.edu/c.php?g=261667&p=4243533
4. https://thecentralminnesotacatholic.org/the-big-question-what-does-it-really-mean-to-be-pro-life/

Regarding Roe v. Wade

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roe_v._Wade
2. https://www.britannica.com/event/Roe-v-Wade
3. Information about the 9^th Amendment:  https://constitutioncenter.org/interactive-constitution/amendment/amendment-ix
4. Information about Justice Blackmun: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Blackmun   and https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/national/longterm/supcourt/stories/blackmun030599.htm  

Regarding Quickening

1. This is my primary source for information regarding quickening and abortion in colonial America: https://slate.com/human-interest/2015/05/the-quickening-the-momentous-pregnancy-event-that-became-a-relic.html
2. Additional supporting info: https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/religion/news/2013/08/08/71893/scarlet-letters-getting-the-history-of-abortion-and-contraception-right/
3. https://embryo.asu.edu/pages/quickening

Regarding Propaganda

1. https://qz.com/896566/where-does-the-term-pro-life-come-from/
2. https://www.uvm.edu/~jleonard/AGRI183/propoaganda.html
3. This is general information about propaganda, not specifically linked to the anti-abortion movement:  https://motioncue.com/types-of-propaganda-techniques-in-advertising/
4. This is a great site that discusses propaganda at length, and why it is harmful: https://propagandacritic.com/ 

Additional Resources:

1. https://www.prochoiceamerica.org/campaign/the-hypocrisy-of-the-pro-life-movement/
2. This is a lengthy article that offers more insight into the history of different religious groups in the US joining the “pro-life” movement: 

https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/anti-abortion-white-supremacy/

3. This is a contemporary article only loosely connected to the topic of this podcast: https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2020/05/01/narrow-definition-pro-life-fuels-disregard-lives-during-covid-19/

4. These are a couple additional sources provided by a listener, indicating that the Bible references multiple times that “life” begins when a newborn draws their first breath. https://www.patheos.com/blogs/crossexamined/2020/11/abortion-does-the-bible-say-when-life-begins/ and http://www.thechristianleftblog.org/blog-home/the-bible-tells-us-when-a-fetus-becomes-a-living-being (Thank you, listener M.R.!)