Alan: Declaring oneself "pro-life" is among the easiest "feel-good" gestures in American politics.
Here's the hidden underbelly.
When "pro-lifers" do not "put their money where their mouth is" once the child is out of the womb and Mom needs help, their mouth is, for the most part, just another Big Mouth.
When "pro-lifers" do not "put their money where their mouth is" once the child is out of the womb and Mom needs help, their mouth is, for the most part, just another Big Mouth.
And typically, an overwhelming percentage of "conservative" "Christians" make the easy migration from "righteousness" to "self-righteousness," certain they are "The Chosen" and "the rest of us" are "Baby Killers."
Sister Joan Chittester refers to people who are exclusively focused on uterine life as "pro-birth," not "pro-life" - a distinction we "should" make.
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