Regarding the "Pro-Life" movement, which for the most part is just anti-abortion and against a woman's right to choice:
Ralph Waldo Emerson said, “[a] foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines." Unfortunately, the hard Right anti-abortion crowd can't even maintain a "foo…
Regarding the "Pro-Life" movement, which for the most part is just anti-abortion and against a woman's right to choice:
Ralph Waldo Emerson said, “[a] foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines." Unfortunately, the hard Right anti-abortion crowd can't even maintain a "foolish consistency" in light of their desires to impose their beliefs on others.
Prior to Dobbs overturning Roe, these people wanted to return the laws on abortion to the individual states to decide. They kept screaming about states' rights and the fed overreach in imposing national laws on allowing the procedure. Now that SCOTUS killed Roe and national rules, returning the decision on abortion to the states, these folk no longer believe it should be up to each state, and that a national ban *must* be enacted - for the good of the children and families.
These little people feel that their "religious" beliefs should supersede the rights of the majority, because, after all, isn't the US a "Christian Country?" (Or at least their interpretation of Christianity - which is anything but a monolithic religion.)
True consistency (and a true Christian ethos) is beyond these little ones.
In my opinion, these "Pro-Life" arguments were in the main NOT about state's rights, or fetal rights, etc. This political movement was conceived as a means of negating the potential power of independent women, who are seen as threats by the "traditional" white, "Christian moralistic patriarchy. The dark money funding the "Pro-Life" movement finds that a male, predominantly white, Christo-moralistic demographic easier to control and convince of the necessity of using dirty fossil fuels, crushing unions and any thoughts of opposing corporate or owner power and limiting the vote to this same demographic. "Others" like independent women, non-white men and women are harder to control by these elites and hence their power to vote, and to even have the ability to make their own medical decisions must be stamped out.
Regarding the "Pro-Life" movement, which for the most part is just anti-abortion and against a woman's right to choice:
Ralph Waldo Emerson said, “[a] foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines." Unfortunately, the hard Right anti-abortion crowd can't even maintain a "foolish consistency" in light of their desires to impose their beliefs on others.
Prior to Dobbs overturning Roe, these people wanted to return the laws on abortion to the individual states to decide. They kept screaming about states' rights and the fed overreach in imposing national laws on allowing the procedure. Now that SCOTUS killed Roe and national rules, returning the decision on abortion to the states, these folk no longer believe it should be up to each state, and that a national ban *must* be enacted - for the good of the children and families.
These little people feel that their "religious" beliefs should supersede the rights of the majority, because, after all, isn't the US a "Christian Country?" (Or at least their interpretation of Christianity - which is anything but a monolithic religion.)
True consistency (and a true Christian ethos) is beyond these little ones.
In my opinion, these "Pro-Life" arguments were in the main NOT about state's rights, or fetal rights, etc. This political movement was conceived as a means of negating the potential power of independent women, who are seen as threats by the "traditional" white, "Christian moralistic patriarchy. The dark money funding the "Pro-Life" movement finds that a male, predominantly white, Christo-moralistic demographic easier to control and convince of the necessity of using dirty fossil fuels, crushing unions and any thoughts of opposing corporate or owner power and limiting the vote to this same demographic. "Others" like independent women, non-white men and women are harder to control by these elites and hence their power to vote, and to even have the ability to make their own medical decisions must be stamped out.