It's your lunch break and you're the only one in the break room when a coworker joins you. She starts telling you how she had a fight with her mom last night about abortion. She says "To be an anti-choice *woman*? You'd really have to hate yourself." How do you respond?

In case you missed it, last week's post on 'The Determined Actor Fallacy', one of the things that most misleads people about the effectiveness of abortion laws: theminimiseproject.ie/2023/10/25/abo…

yes big money went to our opponents and were dramatically outspent. yes the major institutions (media, academia, medicine, and more) are profoundly and dramatically against us. still. it is totally clear we need a fundamental rethink. pro-life 3.0

which populations are invisible here? what structures and systems does abortion serve? what do vulnerable people think about the issue compared to the privileged? how does a non-violent person think about abortion? what is its relationship with the disabled? time for Pro-Life 3.0

We actually have to convince people that the unborn are our equals and abortion is a human rights violation. Otherwise you can do all the political and legal manoeuvring you want and this kind of thing will keep happening the world over.

11:45am ET: How Not to Blow a Historic Victory: Lessons from the Irish Abortion Debate with Ben Conroy and Muireann Lynch of The Minimise Project! rehumanizeintl.org/conference

Depressed about the Ohio result and curious about a different way of approaching the abortion debate? Come to our event at the Rehumanize International conference online!

Don't mean to single out Lila, but this kind of approach didn't work in Ireland and it won't work in the US. People disagree that the unborn are rights-bearers: they aren't pro-life deep down. We need to change their minds on the fundamental question. theminimiseproject.ie/2022/08/15/kan…

Blaming referendum defeats like Ohio's on "the pro-choice side had more money" or "they were manipulated by the media" is wishful thinking. People disagree with us on the basic case of the dignity of the unborn and the balance of rights. theminimiseproject.ie/2022/03/20/pro…

New post: The impact of Dobbs on nationwide abortion rates is still unclear. What's abundantly clear is that much more needs to be done. theminimiseproject.ie/2023/11/08/the…

🤩 What a lineup! Join us virtually TOMORROW at the 2023 Rehumanize Conference: rehumanizeintl.org/conference

So excited to be a part of this tomorrow! Catch us at 11:45 Eastern Time for our talk "How Not to Blow a Historic Victory: Lesson from the Irish Abortion Debate". And catch as much of this great conference as you can.

The Rehumanize conference has kicked off. A whole day of great talks and events online. We're going to be speaking at 11:45am Eastern, 4:45pm Irish time. Still time to register!

Pro-life advocates ought to be known as thoughtful people, and part of being thoughtful means thinking carefully about your views. When alternative ideas are offered, defend your view, or if the other person’s arguments are superior to yours, be willing to change your mind.

I want elective abortion outlawed, but in a way that women who are facing medical emergencies can get life-saving care. I share that perspective with maybe every pro-lifer I have ever worked with. And the Kate Cox case leaves me concerned. secularprolife.org/2023/12/kate-c…

Seems for what it's worth that there are a lot of complexities to this case: will keep monitoring it.

If you're voting in the US election today, both principle and pragmatism point towards voting for a pro-life third party candidate - American Solidarity Party 🧡

For anyone in the Galway area, we're holding a conversations workshop this Sunday - spread the word!