CONSISTENCY, people!
Here’s a just plain lovely chart showing which of the anti-abortion movement’s positions actually make sense as supporting a view that abortion is murder (hint: none), versus which of their positions make sense as supporting a view that women should be punished for choosing to have sex (hint: almost all).
The truth will out. "Anti-abortion" or, as they so dishonestly insist on calling it, "pro-life" policies are ANTI-WOMAN, plain and simple. They have nothing at all to do with what’s best for children.
Maybe nobody will ever say it better than George Carlin, but it’s awesome that the voice of reason didn’t fall silent with him.
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My dream is that every single anti-abortion activist ever should go out and and adopt a kid or three. And then shut the fuck up.
One reason you see some of these positions is that some of them are not actually related to the pro-life debate, but are advocated by some of the same people. This is the case with the one about “opposing contraceptive and comprehensive sex education”, and maybe some of the others.
Many of these people are also firm believers in the rule of law. That’s why they believe that acting persuasively through existing structures (eg. lobbying, protesting) is better than committing even more murders.
Many of these policies are formulated on a “What battles can we win now, as part of a larger war against abortion”. That’s where the following are relevant:
1. No legal consequences against the mother.
2. Exceptions for rape and incest
3. Banning particular procedures
But thank you for reminding us to focus on the big picture.
Hopefully I’ve helped to make sense of some of the strangeness that surrounds the pro-life movement.
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