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Mad_Machine76

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9. Never has been

Reply to perdita9 (Original post)

Sun Nov 2, 2025, 08:25 PM

Nov 2025

Their movement has always been full of contradictions: Anti-Abortion but Pro-Death Penalty, Anti-Abortion but does not support increased access to contraception, increased social supports such as childcare subsidies, etc. just to name a couple.

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Is the "pro-life" community really pro-life? [View all] perdita9 Nov 2025 OP

Very good letter. Keep going. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Nov 2025 #1

anti abortion does not equal pro life. Far from it. WarGamer Nov 2025 #2

Ayup. buzzycrumbhunger Nov 2025 #4

Not at all canetoad Nov 2025 #3

Excellent letter. Kick. Diamond_Dog Nov 2025 #5

Pro birth.... Not remotely pro life. yourout Nov 2025 #6

"righteous killings" are fine by them WhiskeyGrinder Nov 2025 #7

It's just a scam they use to squeeze money from duped evangelicals come election time. IcyPeas Nov 2025 #8

Never has been Mad_Machine76 Nov 2025 #9

No. They are pro pregnancy and anti-women hypocrites Ping Tung Nov 2025 #10

They are pro zygote. SamKnause Nov 2025 #11

They are not pro-life SocialDemocrat61 Nov 2025 #12

Its always been misogyny disguised as a cause Johonny Nov 2025 #13

I would like to add another conclusion I have come to. CTyankee Nov 2025 #14

No, and that term should NEVER be used for anti-life conservatives. Never. themaguffin Nov 2025 #15

Go through their anti-life positions and then ask them if they are familiar with the Sermon on the Mount. CTyankee Nov 2025 #16

NO csusan Nov 2025 #17

How are the people they hate going to die if they haven't lived first? hunter Nov 2025 #18