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Category Archives: Abortion
Decoding The Abortion Debate
ChatGPT says: Alliance Theory explains the rise of abortion to the center of American politics as a coalition realignment problem, not primarily a moral awakening. Abortion became useful once older alliance structures collapsed. Before the late 1960s, American politics was … Continue reading
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Abortion
I don’t talk much about abortion. It’s not a big issue for me, but my thinking on it has been fairly consistent: Most abortions are immoral and abortion should be legal for the first trimester. I like what France does … Continue reading
CNN: Doug Emhoff acknowledges affair during first marriage after tabloid report
Even though Democratic elites have known since at least 2020 about this affair, they still chose to put Doug Emhoff out there talking up abortion. If he’d lived as a private citizen rather than a political activist, his affair would … Continue reading
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Repro-Shabbat
Dennis Prager writes Feb. 21, 2023: The NCJW [National Council of Jewish Women] prepared a “Repro-Shabbat Playlist” on Spotify featuring such Jewish and holy songs as: “Bitch” (Meredith Brooks). “I Spent My Last $10 (On Birth Control & Beer)” (Two … Continue reading
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Overturning Roe V Wade Is Thanks To Trump
A philosopher tells me: “Science tells us that the fetus feels excruciating pan when it is killed in this way. That is enough for me. The restrictions that are being imposed in the states that have them are similar to … Continue reading
Abortion Fights Are A Proxy For Race
From comments at Steve Sailer: * If there is any chance at all that this could once again make people serious about sex and human relationships it won’t be a bad thing, but I suspect we may already be well … Continue reading
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Jewish Actress Natasha Leggero: Great Thing About Judaism is “Abortions are Cool”
Orthodox Jews regard abortion as killing (though not as bad as killing the born). Conservative rabbi: “There is nothing more Jewish than abortion.” REPORT: During his show May 26, Conan O’Brien invited actress and recent Judiaism convert Natasha Leggero onto … Continue reading
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Jewish Feminists: #Shoutyourabortion
The Forward tweets: “Have you had an abortion? We want to hear from you. #ShoutYourAbortion” Forward: Last week, our own Larry Cohler-Esses shared his story of helping a close friend obtain an abortion in 1969, when it was still illegal … Continue reading
‘You can be a victim of rape, but you’re not a victim when you buy or solicit an abortion.’
Karl Denninger writes: I speak of the belief, espoused by Trump, Cruz, Kascich and Sanders, along with many others over the years (in fact, nearly everyone who laments the number of abortions in this country) that women are victims of … Continue reading
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Donald Trump Took Pro-Life Seriously
If you take the pro-life position seriously, you have to be for punishing women who get abortions. If you don’t want to punish them, then your “pro-life” position is only a scam. Women who have abortions (unless they were raped) … Continue reading