BlogHer is not a content website. It’s an ad network and a web portal. Its subject is “blogs by women,” not “pro-life sites” or “pro-choice sites.”

Does it make sense to do business only with people and companies that are explicitly and actively pro-life? Where would you go grocery shopping then? Kroger and H-E-B aren’t pro-life; they’re pro-grocery. What about your doctor or hairdresser—do they fight for the right to life? We can’t interview everyone we do business with for their personal views!

If a business is explicitly pro-choice and they fund pro-choice causes, then a case for a boycott can be made. But it is possible to not have an explicit stance on a particular issue, and in that case a boycott makes no sense.

Don’t miss BlogHer’s political director’s comment above: BlogHer is officially non-partisan. Their social network aspect allows for conversation, which is an important part of pro-life work.

I follow Jill Stanek, and she allows pro-abortion arguments and posts in her comments, for example. I read and link to articles distributed by Reuters, even though they publish articles on euthanasia, abortion, the death penalty, etc. without taking sides.

I don’t think it’s possible to have such a black and white view – that is, only doing business with people who are explicitly prolife. My gas company, I’m sure, also provides utilities to Planned Parenthood. I am not aware of any grocery stores in my area that are explicitly pro-life (or pro-abortion, for that matter), and I still intend to buy groceries from these “neutral” non-stance taking companies.

I didn’t know this about BlogHer but knowing it now I can’t continue to support the blogs I read with their adds. I find it difficult to swallow that you are so nonchalant about it.