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Fringe movement sparks divide with push to charge women who get abortions
An emboldened fringe movement is breaking with the antiabortion establishment by pushing for women who get abortions to face criminal charges, a departure from decades of “pro-life” tradition.
The “abortion abolitionist” movement wants to see the procedure eradicated and supports changing the law to grant personhood to embryos, making their destruction an act of homicide that would be punishable by death in some states.
Critics and legal experts say abortion abolitionism is rooted in Christian nationalism. But T. Russell Hunter, the president of the Oklahoma-based group Abolitionists Rising, described the stance as “unapologetically biblical” — and unafraid of clashes with establishment antiabortion groups.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/f...to-charge-women-who-get-abortions/ar-AA1EL8uz
An emboldened fringe movement is breaking with the antiabortion establishment by pushing for women who get abortions to face criminal charges, a departure from decades of “pro-life” tradition.
The “abortion abolitionist” movement wants to see the procedure eradicated and supports changing the law to grant personhood to embryos, making their destruction an act of homicide that would be punishable by death in some states.
Critics and legal experts say abortion abolitionism is rooted in Christian nationalism. But T. Russell Hunter, the president of the Oklahoma-based group Abolitionists Rising, described the stance as “unapologetically biblical” — and unafraid of clashes with establishment antiabortion groups.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/f...to-charge-women-who-get-abortions/ar-AA1EL8uz