Abortion - a brief history

[underpants]

One issue voters. This was never supposed to be solved.
This and guns are perfect for Republicans. It stems from Atwater’s God Guns and Gays. With one mention of each Republicans have massive swaths of voters in their pocket. Never have to spend another resource for their vote.

What happened is is that the activists got involved in all levels, then they moved up. Requirements for access rights to a local hospital including specific distance, wild unaffordable equipment requirements, and even zoning. They got creative. They got money and moved up. There’s always money in both guns and life.

The top lost control and it soon engulfed them.

Side note - the origins of pro-life come from Paul Weyrich tapping into the evangelicals to protect racist colleges’ tax exempt status. Bob Jones U specifically.

The Real Origins of the Religious Right
They’ll tell you it was abortion. Sorry, the historical record’s clear: It was segregation.
https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2014/05/religious-right-real-origins-107133

[seabiscuit5920]

1. Catholic Canon Law

The Catholics did not officially make abortion a sin (canon law) until the mid 1800's. Before that, the Roman Catholics were told that abortion was sinful when the fetus was viable - although this varied depending on the pope. My dad was a Baptist minister years ago and would say it was a Catholic thing and there is no biblical reference to this.

[scarletlib]

2. In this country it always boils down to race