I had one. I even almost posted it. Then I realized that it felt dirty to thank someone for acknowledging the pregnant woman’s humanity. And to realize we are thankful because in general this is not the norm for those opposed to abortion.
I used to think that if prolife people were sincere about what they believed, they would be in favor …
I had one. I even almost posted it. Then I realized that it felt dirty to thank someone for acknowledging the pregnant woman’s humanity. And to realize we are thankful because in general this is not the norm for those opposed to abortion.
I used to think that if prolife people were sincere about what they believed, they would be in favor of birth control and helping women and children. But now I realize that even if they did those things, that it’s not enough.
We are still sinners, but hooray there’s a religion that wants to love us out of our sin instead of punish us. I want better for my daughter.
"Prolife" was a marketing term, made up by those selling their religion. If they were 'prolife' they would not be so excited about war, and executions, and do things to promote education about sex, and reproduction, and promote contraceptives. They work against societal good by thwarting all those things, and don't you dare ask them to pay higher taxes to support all the children they want to force poor women to have (because rich ones can always get an abortion somewhere else.).
"In the months before the Supreme Court ruled on Roe v. Wade, the Willkes published How to teach people the pro-life story, a modern-day sales manual on how to effectively market the movement. It was a play-by-play on how the Willkes communicated pro-life arguments so that other speakers might follow their lead. As described in the book, they never showed visuals of embryos less than six weeks old because “the audience may change their minds from their conviction that this is a human life.” They began their lectures with pictures of babies nearing full-term and subsequently moved through the fetal development process in reverse chronological order, asking the audience with each image: is this still a human?"
I had one. I even almost posted it. Then I realized that it felt dirty to thank someone for acknowledging the pregnant woman’s humanity. And to realize we are thankful because in general this is not the norm for those opposed to abortion.
I used to think that if prolife people were sincere about what they believed, they would be in favor of birth control and helping women and children. But now I realize that even if they did those things, that it’s not enough.
We are still sinners, but hooray there’s a religion that wants to love us out of our sin instead of punish us. I want better for my daughter.
"Prolife" was a marketing term, made up by those selling their religion. If they were 'prolife' they would not be so excited about war, and executions, and do things to promote education about sex, and reproduction, and promote contraceptives. They work against societal good by thwarting all those things, and don't you dare ask them to pay higher taxes to support all the children they want to force poor women to have (because rich ones can always get an abortion somewhere else.).
'marketing term' - exactly
"In the months before the Supreme Court ruled on Roe v. Wade, the Willkes published How to teach people the pro-life story, a modern-day sales manual on how to effectively market the movement. It was a play-by-play on how the Willkes communicated pro-life arguments so that other speakers might follow their lead. As described in the book, they never showed visuals of embryos less than six weeks old because “the audience may change their minds from their conviction that this is a human life.” They began their lectures with pictures of babies nearing full-term and subsequently moved through the fetal development process in reverse chronological order, asking the audience with each image: is this still a human?"
https://www.printmag.com/political-design/the-semiotics-of-a-movement-how-pro-life-became-a-marketing-campaign/
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It has always been about marketing.