Think clearly about reproductive autonomy — without the noise
A rigorous, evidence-grounded school for adults who want a real framework — built on ethics, public health, and human rights — for understanding abortion, reproductive rights, and compassionate support, free from political dogma on either side.
"I won't tell you what to conclude — but I will make sure you have every tool you need to conclude something worth standing behind."— David Clilverd
What you'll learn
What you'll be able to do
- Articulate a well-reasoned personal and civic position on reproductive autonomy grounded in ethics, public health, and human rights frameworks.
- Explain the real-world consequences of criminalising abortion — including unsafe back-street procedures — using global epidemiological evidence.
- Analyse the relationship between population growth, environmental sustainability, and access to contraception and reproductive healthcare.
- Apply non-judgmental counselling principles when supporting someone navigating an unwanted pregnancy decision.
- Compare major religious, secular, and philosophical perspectives on foetal life and bodily autonomy without resorting to caricature.
- Advocate confidently for policy approaches — including universal free contraception and safe legal access — using structured, evidence-backed arguments.
How it works
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The curriculum
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6 modules · 25 lessons
Foundations of Reproductive Autonomy
Establishes the core ethical, legal, and human-rights frameworks that underpin reproductive decision-making as a private right.
- 1.1What Do We Mean by Reproductive Autonomy?Included
- 1.2A Brief Global History of Abortion Law and AccessIncluded
- 1.3Bodily Autonomy as an Ethical PrincipleIncluded
- 1.4Who Decides? Power, Gender, and the Politics of LegislationIncluded
Perspectives on Foetal Life — Religion, Philosophy, and Science
Surveys major religious, secular-philosophical, and scientific viewpoints on foetal life and personhood without caricature or hierarchy.
- 2.1What Scripture Actually Says — and Doesn't SayIncluded
- 2.2Secular and Philosophical Frameworks on PersonhoodIncluded
- 2.3The Science of Foetal Development — What Embryology Tells UsIncluded
- 2.4Holding Difference Well — Navigating Genuine Disagreement RespectfullyIncluded
The Real-World Cost of Criminalisation
Uses global public-health evidence to show the deadly and inequitable consequences of restricting safe, legal abortion access.
- 3.1The Epidemiology of Unsafe AbortionIncluded
- 3.2Criminalisation Does Not Stop Abortion — It Makes It DeadlyIncluded
- 3.3Inequality of Access — Class, Race, and GeographyIncluded
- 3.4Case Study — Extreme Circumstances: Foetal Anomaly, Zika, and Maternal RiskIncluded
Population, Planet, and Reproductive Healthcare
Connects individual reproductive choices to the macro-level reality of population growth and environmental sustainability on a finite planet.
- 4.15 Billion to 8.5 Billion — Understanding Population TrajectoryIncluded
- 4.2Too Many People? Carrying Capacity, Biodiversity, and SurvivalIncluded
- 4.3Free Universal Contraception as a Public Health ImperativeIncluded
- 4.4Reproductive Choice as Climate and Environmental PolicyIncluded
Non-Judgmental Counselling and Compassionate Support
Equips healthcare workers, counsellors, and advocates with principled, trauma-informed frameworks for supporting individuals through unwanted pregnancy decisions.
- 5.1The Spectrum of Circumstances — Why Pregnancies Are UnwantedIncluded
- 5.2Core Principles of Non-Judgmental CounsellingIncluded
- 5.3Active Listening and Holding Space Without SteeringIncluded
- 5.4Referring, Signposting, and SafeguardingIncluded
- 5.5Supporting Across the Decision — Before, During, and AfterIncluded
Advocating for Enlightened Reproductive Policy
Builds the knowledge and rhetorical tools needed to advocate confidently for evidence-based, rights-respecting reproductive health policy.
- 6.1What Good Policy Looks Like — Global Models Worth Learning FromIncluded
- 6.2The Policy Case for Decriminalisation and Safe Legal AccessIncluded
- 6.3Countering Common Legislative Arguments Without Losing the RoomIncluded
- 6.4Communicating Your Position — From Personal Conviction to Public VoiceIncluded
Who it's for
Is this you?
Healthcare professionals
Doctors, nurses, and midwives who want a thorough ethical and epidemiological framework to underpin the care they provide every day.
Counsellors & social workers
Practitioners who support people through difficult decisions and need a principled, non-judgmental framework for holding space without steering.
Policy & law students
Students researching reproductive rights law and global policy who want evidence-grounded analysis, not talking points.
Advocates & campaigners
People working in reproductive rights or public health advocacy who want sharper arguments, richer evidence, and better tools for persuasion.
Educators & researchers
Teachers and academics who engage with population, environment, or ethics and want a rigorous interdisciplinary grounding in this subject.
Curious, open-minded adults
Anyone tired of the culture-war noise who wants to think through reproductive autonomy honestly, carefully, and for themselves.
Questions
Frequently asked
Your teacher
A note from your teacher
David Clilverd
If you've ever tried to have a serious conversation about abortion and found it almost immediately collapse into slogan versus slogan — you're not alone, and you're not imagining it. The public discourse around reproductive rights has become so polarised that even people who care deeply about getting it right often feel they have nowhere to go to think it through with any rigour. That's the gap this school exists to fill.
I didn't build this for one side of the debate. I built it for the people in the middle — not politically, but intellectually. The nurse who wants to support her patients better. The social work student who needs a framework for non-judgmental counselling. The policy researcher who keeps encountering the same bad arguments and wants better ones. The thoughtful person who just wants to understand what the evidence actually says, and what the philosophers actually argue, before forming a view they can stand behind.
What you'll find here is what I couldn't find anywhere in one place: the ethics treated with real philosophical care, the epidemiology presented without sensationalism, the religious and secular perspectives engaged with rather than dismissed, and the practical counselling tools that make a difference in real human lives. We'll look at what happens when abortion is criminalised — and the data is genuinely sobering. We'll examine the relationship between reproductive choice and the environmental future we're all navigating. And we'll work through how to make a clear, structured, evidence-based argument to an audience that may not already agree with you.
The hardest thing about this subject is that it involves genuine moral complexity — questions about personhood, bodily autonomy, and the limits of law that serious thinkers have grappled with for centuries. I won't pretend there are easy answers. What I will do is give you the intellectual tools to engage with those questions honestly, and to come away with a position that is yours — reasoned, grounded, and defensible.
You deserve a space to think clearly about this. Come and build something worth believing.
— David Clilverd
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