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Support for Pregnant and Parenting Students
by Briana Grzybowski — I have a friend who had her first child when she was working toward her PhD in psychology at Florida State. For...
Mar 17, 20234 min read


Female Pro-Life Activists Everyone Should Know About
by Briana Grzybowski — March 8th is International Women’s Day: a time to celebrate women’s dignity and their contributions to the world....
Mar 7, 20235 min read


I Had a D&C After a Missed Miscarriage. I’m Still Anti-Abortion.
by Lauren Pope — Like Jessa Duggar, I had a dilation and curettage (D&C) procedure performed after a missed miscarriage. And — despite...
Mar 2, 20232 min read


Abortion: A War on Women
by Liliana Zamora — Editor's note: This post discusses suicide and mental trauma. Abortions consistently result in ending one life and...
Jan 30, 20233 min read


Pregnancy Resource Centers And Beyond: Building a Culture of Life
by Liliana Zamora — Pregnancy resource centers (PRCs) exist to serve expecting mothers and families in their time of need. There are...
Jan 30, 20234 min read


A Pro-Life Case for Life-Saving Care
by Naomi Wick — Navigating the world post-Roe looks different for a lot of people. For some, there’s little or no change in the...
Oct 14, 20223 min read


Re-Imagining Roe: Life-Affirming Assistance for Families
by Christy Yao Pelliccioni — The overturning of Roe v. Wade has made me reflect a lot on my own pregnancy. I’ve written about this before...
Jul 29, 20224 min read


My pregnancy was terminated at 29 weeks, but I didn’t have an abortion
by Lauren Pope — My first pregnancy was terminated at 29 weeks, but I didn’t have an abortion. Because of a preterm, premature rupture...
May 9, 20224 min read


“You’re Not Alone”: The Work of Florida’s JMJ Pregnancy Center
by John Whitehead — Florida recently adopted a new law on “Reducing Fetal and Infant Mortality” that, among other measures, bans many...
Apr 26, 20224 min read


"Precious": Finding Hope Amid Tragedy
by Christy Yao Pellicioni — Warning: Spoilers. Precious was the first movie to give me nightmares in a while. It's not a particularly...
Jan 28, 20223 min read


Help for Pregnant Women
by Christy Yao Pelliccioni — I consider myself lucky to live in Maryland, and even luckier to be pregnant in this great state. Maryland...
Jan 26, 20224 min read


Prenatal Testing, Disabilities, and A Cause for Hope
by Christy Yao Pelliccioni — It was a hot day in July when I was finally over the worst of my “morning” (i.e., all the time) sickness,...
Jan 18, 20226 min read


Pregnancy and Eugenics
by Christy Yao Pelliccioni — Growing up pro-life, I heard the word “eugenics” tossed around often, even from an early age. I became...
Nov 19, 20213 min read


Paid Maternity Leave: Popular and Feasible!
by Christy Yao Pelliccioni — Paid maternity leave is a popular idea. A Pew study found that 82% of Americans support mandatory paid leave...
Nov 7, 20213 min read


Maternity Leave: Is It That Big of a Deal?
by Christy Yao Pelliccioni — Lately, my crusade for maternity leave at work has felt like a logic puzzle that no one will explain the...
Nov 3, 20213 min read


The United States of No Maternity Leave
by Christy Yao Pelliccioni — A few years ago, I realized that I’ve long held two conflicting typically conservative beliefs: America is...
Oct 22, 20213 min read


Maternity Leave: An Introduction
by Christy Yao Pelliccioni — Last fall, I took a class called “Writing for Social Change.” Our class focused on writing for a Baltimore...
Oct 15, 20212 min read


Progressive, Pro-Life, and Pregnant: An Introduction
by Christy Yao Pelliccioni — In my last post for Rehumanize, I wrote about how being pregnant had affected my pro-life beliefs. It had...
Oct 9, 20212 min read


Reducing Maternal Mortality Rates
by Stephanie Hauer — Welcoming a baby to the world outside the womb is exciting, but giving birth can be scary. The reality is that...
Mar 5, 20214 min read


Getting to the Rainbow during a Storm: Pregnancy After Loss
by Luisa Bearden — Pregnancy is supposed to be such an exciting time. For many, those two lines on the pregnancy test represent the...
Mar 28, 20196 min read
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