Secular Pro-Life


Secular Pro-Life is an American anti-abortion organization. SPL argues against abortion and conducts advocacy, including on university campuses..

Statistics

Anti-abortion activism in the United States is predominantly associated with the religious right. Within the United States, 72% of the religiously unaffiliated say that "abortion should be legal in most or all cases" compared to 53% of the general public. Among atheists and agnostics, 84% say abortion should be legal in most or all cases. While 75% of white evangelical Protestants say that having an abortion is morally wrong, 25% of religiously unaffiliated people say so. The Oxford Handbook of Religion and American Politics notes that 22% of nonreligious unaffiliated Americans describe themselves as "pro-life on abortion" while just 12% of atheists and agnostics do.

History

Secular Pro-Life was founded by Kelsey Hazzard, who serves as the group's president. Hazzard identifies as an atheist, and attended law school at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Virginia.
Secular Pro-Life ran a stall at the 2012 American Atheists conference. Their presence there caused some controversy within the atheist community.
In February 2014, Hazzard gave a talk at the University of Georgia entitled "Pro-Life Without God". In the run up to the event, SPL posters were repeatedly torn down in an attempt to thwart Hazzard's presentation.