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# The Anti-Abortion Movement Could Reduce Abortions if It Wanted To
- URL: https://werd.io/the-anti-abortion-movement-could-reduce-abortions-if-it-wanted-to/
- Published: 2021-12-16T00:42:02.000Z
- Updated: 2021-12-16T00:42:02.000Z
- Author: Ben Werdmuller
- Tags: #Import 2025-06-13 09:24

"Why would groups that want to end abortion not support the most efficient way to make abortions less common? The answer is that their mission extends beyond abortion and into the regulation of sex, gender roles and the family. Contraception and abortion are tied together because both offer women the freedom to have sex for pleasure in or outside of marriage, and both allow women greater control over their lives and futures. The “pro-life” goal isn’t an end to abortion. It’s to establish another means of controlling women."

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