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Tennessee woman denied abortion after fetus’ ‘brain not attached’ slams ban
(www.independent.co.uk)
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If they did, they wouldn't care. "It's God's will."
Christofascists don't care about women. They care about power first & their stupid book full of Bronze Age fairy tales is a distant second, except for the parts they don't like, of course.
Not so fun fact: They aren't even paying attention to their book. The Bible mentions abortion exactly once in its pages. Numbers 5: 11-21 tells you how to perform a questionable and dangerous abortion. Their stupid book is technically pro choice on this issue.
Not so much "pro-choice" as much as forced abortion russian-roulette. After all in most of the bible most women have little to no agency.
True, but as the two positions there are (laughably) "pro-life," or "pro-choice," I was lumping it in with the latter.
No, if their wife had this issue they'd suddenly care... and consequently be muscled out of the GOP as a non-believer.
One important thing to remember is that the average GOPer is essentially unable to empathize outside of themselves: https://joycearthur.com/abortion/the-only-moral-abortion-is-my-abortion/
But, of course, when it actually reaches them they're extremely quick to change their tune.
In some cases you're right. In many others they quietly send them elsewhere and maintain their stance and standing in the GOP community.
For many of them the issue isn't abortion itself. It's doing it openly. It's the same way many of them feel about LGBTQ folks. They feel that those people should be properly ashamed and only do it quietly behind closed doors.
Many of them would also still like to send unmarried pregnant women off to live with a relative for a bit only to come home in 9 months with a "younger sibling".
Sometimes they try and do that - yea. But they usually fail: https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/anti-abortion-rep-tim-murphy-asked-mistress-terminate/story?id=50274843
No true Republican
Both abolitionists and slavers cited the bible to justify their views. IMO they don't care about the book, its just a tool to enforce their feelings on others. Its a tool many are well versed in but I think its 100% about power and feelings
Ohh, they see it. And it gives them a massive throbbing hard-on.