How the presidential candidates’ extreme abortion positions distort a growing consensus (COMMENTARY)

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Charles Camosy | January 25, 2016

(RNS) My friend, a high school teacher in the Washington, D.C., area, invited me to speak to his pro-life club in advance of the March for Life last week. When I asked what I might expect from the audience, he dropped this bomb:

“Well, you know the president of the club? She’s an atheist.”

I looked at him for a few seconds, momentarily taken aback.

But I should have known better. Yes, the pro-life movement in the U.S. began as a movement of religious people. But today it is very diverse, with groups like “Secular Pro-Life” giving a very public and influential home for nontheists in the movement.

http://www.religionnews.com/2016/01/25/presidential-candidates-extreme-abortion-positions-distort-growing-consensus-commentary/

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1. anecdote, meet data

It's really not too hard to find one of the 19%.... Just a shitload easier to find, and far more dangerous for women who would prefer to manage their own reproductive lives, when it's 54%.



http://www.gallup.com/poll/154946/non-christians-postgrads-highly-pro-choice.aspx

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2. The commentary goes far beyond the simple labels of "Pro-choice" and "Pro-life".