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We're Pro Life (Original Post) ItsjustMe Nov 2020 OP
Excellent variation of this more earnest one: UTUSN Nov 2020 #1
Thanks for the quote ItsjustMe Nov 2020 #2
A DUer posted it to me when I said things in my own words. I shoulda kept the name of the DUer. UTUSN Nov 2020 #3

ItsjustMe

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2. Thanks for the quote
Thu Nov 5, 2020, 12:53 AM
Nov 2020

Sr. Joan Chittister's 2004 quote on 'pro-life' versus 'pro-birth' goes viral

https://www.ncronline.org/news/politics/sr-joan-chittisters-2004-quote-pro-life-versus-pro-birth-goes-viral

A recent Instagram post earned supermodel Gigi Hadid nearly a half a million likes, but it wasn't a photo of herself or of the latest fashion trend. It was a quote from Benedictine Sr. Joan Chittister on the importance of being more broadly pro-life, not just "pro-birth."

The quote — which Chittister confirmed she said during an interview with journalist Bill Moyers in 2004 — said:

"I do not believe that just because you are opposed to abortion, that that makes you pro-life. In fact, I think in many cases, your morality is deeply lacking if all you want is a child born but not a child fed, a child educated, a child housed. And why would I think that you don't? Because you don't want any tax money to go there. That's not pro-life. That's pro-birth. We need a much broader conversation on what the morality of pro-life is."

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