Those are all real reasons as to why the nuts support abortion. I think that the large thing that holds them all together is the fact that they see abortion as a way of making things equal between women and men. They see it as a way to further erode the family and a way to help them to their socialist goals. This is not only true for abortion (of course) but for other things that they're in support of such as homosexual marriage. Here's a quote from the goals of a 2000 workshop put on by the abortion loving NOW. It was entitled:
"Engaging the Political with the Personal: Domestic Partnership, Civil Unions and Marriage"
"Domestic partnership and same-sex marriage legislation and litigation may provide a vehicle for challenging some of our most oppressive social structures as they connect the profoundly personal with the political. What has been left out in recent domestic partnership and civil unions efforts? How can they serve to challenge the patriarchal foundations of our society?"
Other quotes from that workshop include:
"In this workshop participants can strategize for further media activism to change the face and body of the media"
"In this workshop activists will discuss what to do about affirmative action in this era of conservatism and complacency."
"Join a discussion on ways to achieve quality health care for all women."
"Make the media work for you!"
"Sowing the Seeds of Discontent in Conservative Areas"
"A panel of women who have achieved power in mainstream institutions —law, medicine, politics — discuss making change from the inside. Can you do the job you're expected to do and still carry out your commitment to equality? How do you advance feminism and not reverse your career? What can you bring to the movement, and what do you need from movement activists? Gain new insight into how we can strengthen each other's hands by playing an inside/outside strategy."
"Constitutional and Legal Strategies:"
http://www.now.org/organization/conference/2000/workshops.html
"We envision a world where patriarchal culture and male dominance no longer oppress us or our earth."
http://www.now.org/organization/conference/1998/vision98.htmlThank you for this info. I subscribe to the CFAM newsletter but hadn't received anything on this yet.
Ping to Spooky and dansangel--please send on if you know anyone else interested in this issue. Thanks! :)
abortion as a way of making things equal between women and men. You are right. Women see men having unprotected sex and getting away without children. The liberal mind would ask for the same for women. Allowing women to kill children as means of achieving equality seems patently corrupt to me.
The law should seek equality by giving social & financial responsibility to both men and women when a child is conceived.