We are finally approaching summer days. I don't know about you, but I love to sit outside and enjoy the sunshine and warm weather with a good book to read. Because there are still over 3,000 abortions every day in America, our advocacy for life is far from over. Therefore, we can use some of our warm summer free time to learn more about how abortion has harmed the world, and how we can continue fighting to make violence against children no more around the globe.

Here are eight anti-abortion books to consider adding to your summer reading list!

1. "Why Pro-Life? Caring for the Unborn and their Mothers" by Randy Alcorn

This book by Randy Alcorn is a classic — it gives a powerful overview of the pro-life position and how anti-abortion advocates should respond to cultural lies about the unborn. "Why Pro-Life?" is a quick read that will inspire you to be more effective in your fight for life.

"Are the older ones more human and the younger less human? Does someone become more human as they get bigger? If so, then adults are more human than children, and football players are more human than jockeys. Something nonhuman doesn't become human by getting older and bigger; whatever is human must be human from the beginning" (p.21)

2. "Abortion Survivors Break Their Silence" by Melissa Ohden

The newly released title "Abortion Survivors Break Their Silence," is a chronicle of several different people who survived abortion attempts on their lives while they were yet in the womb. Every abortion survivor reminds us that the presence of "pregnancy termination" in our society means the lethal oppression of individual babies who have a right to life. I loved this book because it shared stories of abortion survivors I had never heard before, and it gave me fresh hope that our mission to end the killing of the unborn is absolutely possible.

"My mere existence, plus that of my fellow survivors, is a flaw in the arguments of so-called pro-choicers. Our births, our fights for survival, our collective voice, are a huge shout-out to the world: 'We are more than the choice of others! We are humans in our own right, and we choose to live!' Even as an injured newborn, whether I realized it or not, I chose to live. I arrived in this world fighting to breathe, fighting to survive. It was instinctive. This book describes others like me whose instincts to hold on to life, even by a thread, only add to that unified chorus: 'I choose to live!'" (p.22).

3. "The Case for Life" by Scott Klusendorf

A pro-life professional who has been involved in the fight to end abortion for years is Scott Klusendorf. Having trained thousands of high schoolers, college students, and professionals to defend life, Klusendorf has a wealth of practical experience in guiding individuals to make a case for the anti-abortion position that is persuasive and compelling. I enjoyed Klusendorf's conversational style of writing and the numerous examples the book included of how to respond well in conversations where pro-abortion claims are made.

"Although humans differ in their respective degrees of development, they are nonetheless equal because they share a common human nature that bears the image of their Creator. Humans have value simply because they are human" (p.205).

4. "Redeemed: My Journey After Abortion" by Toni McFadden

Anti-abortion advocate Toni McFadden has shared her story of choosing abortion to audiences through speaking for years, but more recently, she made her testimony available in print. In "Redeemed," McFadden tells about her experience of becoming pregnant while still in high school, and how those around her failed to provide pro-life support. A few years after having an abortion, McFadden had a change of heart and came to oppose abortion. Her story gives insight into how the pro-life movement can reach young women facing crisis pregnancies and reminds us that our world needs God's message of redemption.

"Sitting across from my best friend, I blurted, 'I'm pregnant.' 'You have to get rid of it,' was the very first thing out of her mouth. During the next few minutes, she was very much in charge. 'I know what to do. We just call the abortion clinic.'" (p.2).

5. "You Carried Me" by Melissa Ohden

If you are looking for a book that is a personal story and pulls at the heartstrings, this is the right pro-life read for you. "You Carried Me" is the account of how Melissa Ohden was born alive after a saline infusion abortion in 1977. Thanks to the help of nurses who saved her from the abortion room in a hospital, she was taken to neonatal intensive care where she received the support necessary to recover from the physical harm done against her in the womb. She went on to pursue a journey of looking for her birth mother -- eventually sharing her story nationally, and founding her own organization, Abortion Survivors Network.

"Many people think abortion is a discrete act that has no lasting effect. They are so wrong! Abortion can't be compartmentalized and is never forgotten. And its effects ripple through generations" (p.165).

6. "Stuck: A Complete Guide to Answering Tough Questions About Abortion" by Justina Van Manen

"Stuck" could be compared to a short textbook on pro-life apologetics. With stories from real anti-abortion outreaches, and research from top pro-life experts, this book will enable any advocate to better engage pro-choice people with the truth about the unborn.

"The dependency of another human being heightens our responsibility towards them, even if it places us in difficult situations. That is the reality of living in a just society: rights and responsibilities go hand in hand" (p.119).

7. "Tearing Us Apart" by Alexandra DeSanctis and Ryan Anderson

Alexandra DeSanctis and Ryan Anderson utilize this volume to explain how abortion damages women, the unborn, society, and much more. The world is worse off because babies are killed daily, and "Tearing Us Apart" describes the specific ways havoc has been wrecked through the abortion industry. Read this book to more thoroughly grasp how our globe is suffering because preborn lives are being destroyed.

"Abortion is a grave moral evil, an act of violence against the most vulnerable members of the human family. Every abortion ends the life of an innocent human being in the womb, and child who, because he is human necessarily possesses intrinsic worth and dignity and thus deserves to have his life protected. Parents, in particular, bear special responsibilities to their children, and thus abortion strikes at one of the most profound human relationships" (p.20).

8. "The Hand of God" by Bernard Nathanson

At the prime of the sexual revolution in the West, OBGYN Bernard Nathanson joined forces with pro-choice campaigners in an attempt to persuade public opinion about abortion, with the intent of seeing abortion legalized everywhere in America. Nathanson killed tens of thousands of babies with his own hands. But one day, Nathanson began to rethink his promotion of abortion. Was it truly morally acceptable to destroy embryos and fetuses? Nathanson went on a journey of reconsidering what he had done and what he believed.

"As I look back across the twenty-five years separating me from that revolting extravaganza playing itself out on the bodies of pregnant women and their slaughtered babies, I am struck by the uncritical nature of the task we had set for ourselves, by the moral and spiritual vacuum at the core of this fantastic operation, by our unquestioned certainty of the high level of moral rectitude on which we operated. And yet, the thing was so obviously sordid. Why couldn't we make the link between the ethical and the moral, between the shoddy practices and the shabby practitioners, the evident greed and callous motives, between the crassness of the enterprise and those involved in it, between all these ethical indicators and the grotesque immorality of the act itself?" (p.106)

If you decide to pick up one of these books, let me know what you think!

 

TikTok user @AbortionGurl posted a video alleging that she had seen the body of an aborted 6-week-old child while working at an abortion facility, and that the embryo looked like a "piece of snot." She claimed that pro-life advocates value the preborn child more than those who are born. The TikTok user's assertions are wrong on multiple accounts, which we will examine in this post.

When we consult the field of science dedicated to the study of life in the womb — embryology — we find that these experts never refer to the developing human as a "clump of cells" or "piece of snot." Instead, the preborn child is seen as a physiologically complex individual human who is reaching important developmental milestones. The claim that the unborn at six weeks is a "piece of snot" is, in fact, medically inaccurate information, and promoting this line of thinking is disinformation.

The Developmental Milestones of the Six-Week-Along Embryo  

At six weeks, the embryo is capable of spontaneous movements and responds to touch. It also becomes possible to see the difference between the child's upper and lower arm with the formation of their hand plate and elbow. The development of the 6-week-old baby's hand plate also leads to the clear formation of fingers. Four to five days after the upper limb has formed, the embryo's lower limbs also develop. Week six is also the time at which early ear structures begin to form, such as auricular hillocks, a structure that later becomes the external ear canal. Because the child's retina has formed, this is the week of development at which the eyes become obvious. Additionally, the preborn child's digestive system is growing steadily, with rapid development of the intestine [1].

Clearly, the embryo at this stage is not a "piece of snot" but a physiologically complex member of the human species who only needs time, safety from violence, and proper nutrition to make it to birth. The specific embryo the abortion worker referred to in her TikTok most likely had all of these signs of growth and development, and he or she deserved to be safe from abortion. Tragically, the little one's life was unjustly ended, and even the memory of their life is used by this abortion worker to attempt to further convince people that preborn lives are not worthy of safety. Nothing could be further from the truth — every baby, from the moment of fertilization, has a right to be free from oppression and murder.

Do Pro-Life Advocates Value the Preborn More than the Born?

The other claim made by the abortion worker in the TikTok was that "anti-choicers value a piece of snot [6-week-along embryo] more than us." Being that abortion facility staff come up close and personal with this issue daily, it makes sense why this woman would examine the value of the embryo to her and to those who do not hold her view. She determined that pro-life advocates must value women very little and embryos very much. However, this is not an accurate representation of the pro-life movement's position on the value of women or preborn humans. Anti-abortion advocates value mother and child equally. 

At fertilization, a new human being comes into existence [2]. At the moment this occurs — with sperm and egg fusion — a brand new person comes to be who is worthy of protection from violence like any other member of the human race. Both the mother who is supporting the development of the child and the baby in the womb deserve to have their human rights honored by defending them from injustice.

It's basic knowledge to all people that it is wrong to intentionally kill an innocent human being. Abortion is an act that intentionally kills an innocent preborn human, and therefore, abortion is wrong. Although the preborn child is small — such is the case for the 6-week-along embryo we are examining in this post —they are no less worthy of life. A just society makes an effort to protect the vulnerable, but tragically, in today's day and age, it is legal in many places to kill humans in the womb. This is a grave injustice that must be stopped. That is why, here at Embryo Advocates, we advocate daily to stop the killing of defenseless lives in the womb.

It's Not Too Late for @AbortionGurl to Change Her Heart on Abortion

Although TikTok user @AbortionGurl has dedicated her account and content creation to the promotion of abortion, it is not too late for her heart to change. At some point in her life — and maybe currently — she has been employed in an abortion facility where the execution of tiny humans takes place. Even so, AbortionGurl can have her perspective transformed from pro-abortion to anti-abortion. We've seen God move in the hearts and lives of abortion workers before — such as in the cases of Abby Johnson and Anthony Levatino — and it is possible for this woman to be set free from the industry of death, too. Will you take a moment today to pray for AbortionGurl to see the value of 6-week-old babies in the womb and all preborn humans? 

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[1] Moore, K.L., Persaud, T.V., & Torchia, M.G. (2020). The Developing Human: Clinically Oriented Embryology (11th ed.). Edinburgh: Elsevier. [1] pp. 210-211.

[2] Ibid, p.57.

 

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Tomorrow, Donald Trump will be sworn in as the 47th President of the United States of America. As Trump begins to enact policies and decide how this administration will be run, how should he approach the issue of abortion?

Trump has taken various different stances on abortion throughout his lifetime. Before running for President for the first time, he claimed to be pro-choice. Later, while campaigning for the presidency, he said he was pro-life. Now, recently, he has taken the position that “Exceptions are very important” and has said he would veto a national abortion ban.

We have yet to find out what exactly Trump will do during this presidency, but here is my take on how he should approach the abortion issue this term.

Let’s begin with the basics. What is abortion? Abortion is the direct, intentional killing of an innocent human being in their mother’s womb. We know that it is wrong to intentionally kill an innocent human being; abortion does that; therefore, abortion is morally wrong.

It is the responsibility of every nation on the planet to protect its most vulnerable members. Countries around the world have passed laws banning the killing of born human beings. If you were to kill someone, you would be held accountable. But, due to disinformation campaigns from NARAL, Planned Parenthood, and other abortion propaganda giants, our culture began to change how we view life in the womb. Instead of championing the protection of life, many countries around the world, starting as early as 1920 in the USSR, abortion was decriminalized. Eventually, with the passing of Roe v. Wade in 1973, the US followed the lead of many other countries that failed to protect their babies. Ultimately, thank God, on June 24th, 2022, Roe v. Wade was, alas, overruled.

However, this one action is not the end of the federal government’s responsibility regarding abortion. Approximately 3,000 preborn people die daily through abortion. This is the most significant human rights atrocity of our time. And, yet, many times, our nation’s politicians and presidents have FAILED to extend basic protections for the tiniest humans in our country. And thus, more than 63 million United States children have been executed in their mother’s wombs because there have been no legal protections for unborn humans.

As Donald Trump enters his Presidency, it is time to act on behalf of life.

Basic Biology teaches that when two human beings reproduce together, the species of their offspring is indeed human. So, our humanity does not start at birth, viability, or heartbeat — rather, at fertilization, a new life has started and deserves FULL legal protection. 

I call upon Donald Trump and his new administration to act on behalf of the unborn by defunding all federally subsidized abortion funding programs. And by enacting legislation that protects every preborn human from the moment of fertilization. This is not an extreme proposal. This is what it means to treat our preborn neighbors with basic justice and decency. This is not advanced ethics, this is doing the bare minimum to stop violent discrimination against babies in the united states.

So, Donald Trump, as you enter the White House once again, let the weight of 3,000 abortions per day in your country weigh heavily on your shoulders. You have the power to act, and you will answer to God for how you wield your power and how you respond to an injustice you have a legal ability to stop.

Act on their behalf, and millions of pro-life Americans will stand behind you in the decision.

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The abortion industry and pro-choice advocates claim abortion is an issue that is extremely complex and difficult -- if not impossible -- to discern. But abortion is actually an incredibly straightforward issue. This is because of the basic knowledge we have as human beings about the importance of protecting people from violence. A simple syllogism breaks it down this way:

(1) It is wrong to intentionally kill an innocent human being.

(2) Abortion intentionally kills an innocent human being.

(3) Therefore, abortion is wrong.

Although there are a lot of unique circumstances that surround each mom and baby during a crisis pregnancy, the truth remains that violence is never a solution.

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Some pro-life organizations urge anti-abortion advocates to stop saying, “Abortion Is Never Medically Necessary,” but I disagree, and here is why.

I started working in health care seven years ago — five of those years have been in critical care. I am not claiming to be a physician — I’m just a nursing assistant — but having worked with very sick pregnant women several times. Seeing all the interventions we have available in health care for women and babies alike in pregnancy has convinced me even more that we cannot let go of using the phrase “Abortion is never medically necessary.”

When we say things like, “Oh yes, I would support a woman having a medically necessary abortion” we are literally siding with Planned Parenthood and the abortion industrial complex who wants people to believe that they will never survive without being able to kill babies.

The truth is, it is genuinely never necessary to intentionally starve, poison, or crush the skulls of prenatal human beings.

So how exactly are medical emergencies handled with a pregnant woman?

Did you know that even pro-choice physicians in emergency medicine and many obstetric wards act in a pro-life way when they respond to obstetric emergencies? When a pregnant woman begins to decompensate (which means become increasingly ill in a dangerous way), it is normal for physicians to call for an emergency c-section.

Did you know that obstetricians are able to deliver a baby in just two minutes from the time an incision is made in a mother’s abdomen? It only takes two minutes from incision to separate mom and baby in a medical emergency — this is not an abortion. It’s real medical care.

Not only do emergency C-sections save women’s lives, they also give the baby a fighting chance at survival by receiving neonatal critical care. And even in the cases where, tragically, the baby can’t be saved, there is a whole field of medicine devoted to helping babies be comfortable and be treated humanely in their last moments — this is called neonatal palliative care.

So we chatted about the specific medical details of why abortion isn’t medically necessary; now, let’s talk about semantics. The pro-abortion movement is devoted to dehumanizing the unborn child and to convincing society that women would be dead if they couldn’t have an abortion. To accomplish these ends, the pro-abortion movement plays linguistic games, because the words we say and use have power. Thus, the abortion industry isn’t close to stopping their usage of the phrase “Abortion is medically necessary.” They live and breathe to convince women that they will someday be at death’s doorstep if they can’t have their child suctioned away to death through abortion.

I am not waving a semantic white flag to the abortion industrial complex.

All we have to do in order to use the phrase “abortion is never medically necessary” clearly and in a way that makes sense to a pro-choice individual is take the care and time to explain that medical interventions will always be available to save women’s lives in an emergency and that we don’t have to kill the baby in the process.

I have seen pro-life advocates who profess to be 100% against abortion say in conversations with pro-choice people “Oh yeah, that’s fine if a woman needed to have an abortion for health reasons.” The reason why some pro-life advocates are doing this is because they think it is helping them build common ground with the pro-abortion person to ultimately change their mind, but if we try to change pro-choice minds this way, we’re still waving a white flag to the abortion industry. We’re saying, “Go ahead, I don’t mind if you keep telling all women they’ll be dead if there isn’t any abortion. That’s fine.”

I refuse to let the abortion industry hijack linguistics and what we believe about critical illness in pregnant women.

The truth is, in real life, and in real emergency situations every day, women receive emergency C-sections when necessary and their babies receive medical care thanks to incredible NICU professionals. So it really is true — abortion is never medically necessary. We must not cease using this specific language as we seek to transform our culture to anti-abortion.

On Thursday, December 12th, Texas’ Attorney General filed a lawsuit against abortionist Margaret Daley Carpenter for prescribing the abortion pill to a Texas resident. A twenty-year-old mother found herself pregnant while living in Texas and sought an abortion through telemedicine. Carpenter – a New York based physician – prescribed death-inducing drugs that successfully killed the woman’s 9-week-old preborn child. The young mother began experiencing complications and requested that her partner take her to the emergency room due to severe bleeding. It was after this event that her partner discovered that the baby’s death was intentionally induced – he found the Mifepristone container with prescriber Margaret Daley Carpenter’s name on the bottle. 

It is illegal to practice medicine in the state of Texas without a Texas medical license, and it is also illegal to prescribe abortion-inducing drugs in the state. Therefore, when this case was brought to authorities, AG Ken Paxton sued Carpenter, asking the court for an injunction that would prevent Carpenter from prescribing abortion pills to people residing in Texas. The suit also requests penalties of $100,000 for every violation of Texas law.

This young woman’s unborn baby had a right to be protected from violence. Margaret Daley Carpenter has been killing babies just like this nine-week-old one for over twenty-four years. This kind of harm and oppression of our society’s smallest members must be stopped. Abortionists dismember and poison humans, and they must be held accountable for their crimes against humanity.

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A little over a week ago, the news was announced that Donald Trump has won the presidential election, and will become the 47th President of the United States. It is excellent news for the unborn that Kamala Harris has been defeated — had Harris become our next President, babies in the womb would have been more at-risk then ever before. However, just because Harris was defeated does not mean we can sit back and relax on the legal and legislative front as the pro-life movement.

Let’s take a brief moment to review Donald Trump’s record on abortion. Prior to becoming a politician, Trump was a Democrat who publicly supported abortion. Once he began running for the 2017 Presidential election, Trump announced that he was now pro-life and would take pro-life action if elected as President.

During Trump’s presidency in 2017, he did make some decisions that had a profound impact on the history of the fight against abortion in America — namely by appointing Supreme Court Justices who helped to overturn Roe v. Wade. We applaud Donald Trump for his role in abolishing Roe v. Wade — one of the very most egregious cases in the history of America that led to the deaths of over 63.5 million preborn people. However, when it came time to begin his campaign for the 2025 presidency, Trump let it be known that he had already helped overturn Roe v. Wade and that he would not be supporting a total-ban on abortion.

Trump joined Tudor Dixon on a podcast to discuss her defeat in the political race against Gretchen Whitmer for the position of Michigan’s governor. Trump told Dixon during this podcast interview that the reason she lost her race against Whitmer was because she did not hold abortion exceptions in her campaign. I think it’s fair to say that entire pro-life movement felt betrayed by Donald Trump not only in this instance but the many other times since that he has made it clear that he will campaign with abortion exceptions.

Exceptions for abortion are not compassionate, loving, or humane. And they are not the way to win political races either. I struggled myself as I prayed and wrestled over who to vote for in the 2025 Presidential race. I felt that Donald Trump had abandoned the unborn child and sided with abortion advocates by supporting exceptions that merely lead to more child killing.

The unborn have a right to our defense and Trump failed them when he announced that he would not take a strong stance for life. Now here we are, a few months later, and Trump has won. Thank God Harris was defeated! I wish I could be completely confident that Trump will make protecting the unborn from conception his priority, but we have yet to see how he will act on the issue during his next term as President of the United States.

How should Donald Trump proceed regarding the unborn now that he has been elected as the 47th President of America? He must take a stand for human rights and oppose all violence against preborn babies. This means that Trump should advocate for a national abortion ban and do everything within the power of a President to advance protections for defenseless Americans in the womb. If we are to have hope of Donald Trump enacting pro-life laws, then pro-life advocates have to be loud. We have to raise our voices on behalf of oppressed babies.

Every child should be safe from violence no matter what — but right now, many places in America allow for babies to be slaughtered. This is an injustice, and we must not stop raising our voices and holding politicians accountable until every mom and baby is safe from abortion.