There are any number of ways to catalog the galling hypocrisy present in the anti-abortion movement calling itself "pro-life," when really they mean "forced birth."
There is the argument that the GOP simply does not care one whit for child welfare in this country. They do not care for pre and neo-natal care. They will fight efforts to reduce child poverty.
There are two other cases of this hypocrisy. First, the people who hate abortion usually support the death penalty and they are usually anti-asylum when it comes to migrants.
Pope Francis has at least punctured the hypocrisy by downplaying abortion as an issue for Catholics, and constantly reminding people of the lives currently under siege by bigotry and racial animus. That there is whole sect within the Catholic Church that is opposed to this tells us all we need to know about the priorities of the Forced Birth movement.
My son has a consistent and abiding hatred of religion. There are many wonderful parts of religion and faith, but there really is no defense of much of what modern evangelical and conservative Catholicism has become.
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