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Normally I don’t even read the Daily Kos but this is worth bringing up because It has been mentioned by me elsewhere:

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2009/6/30/748518/-Its-ALWAYS-been-about-Sex,-NOT-the-Fetus

It’s ALWAYS been about Sex, NOT the Fetus
by thereisnospoon
June 30, 2009

As Matt Yglesias at Think Progress noted today, it is becoming difficult to take the pro-life movement seriously about its position on abortion. When the Southern Baptist Convention (the largest U.S. religious organization by numbers and political influence) and the U.S. Council of Catholic Bishops takes a strong stand not only on abortion, but also on contraception, it is abundantly clear that there is more to the pro-life position than mere concern for the welfare of a fetus. To quote Markos today:

A big chunk of the anti-abortion movement isn’t motivated by fetuses, but by sex.

But Markos actually understates the case. It’s not just a big chunk obsessed with sex rather than the fetus; it is the vast majority.

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It’s worth reading the rest of the article. It really isn’t that unusual for Christians, who make up a substantial portion of the anti-abortion, pro-life population, to have this attitude about sex. Of course they want the government to step into the bedroom, tell the people how to do it, when to do it (missionary position only on the full moon of every month), and not to use contraception of any kind. Well, the Roman Catholics and Quiverfull agree on that, anyways. Mainstream Protestants, especially the non-fundamentalist, non-evangelical ones, still hold to the “It’s between the believer and God” theory, which is true. They believe the government has no business getting involved in the sex lives of others. So many pro-lifers are men but of course, they can be. if men were able to get pregnant, abortion would be a sacrament.