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Former Vice President Mike Pence has taken a hard stance on abortion, saying that abortions should be banned even in cases of nonviable pregnancies. Pence is the only GOP presidential candidate to publicly support a national abortion ban at six weeks. Medical experts have criticized Pence's pledge, noting that forcing women to carry nonviable pregnancies to term carries unnecessary health risks and can be psychologically traumatic for the women involved. Despite this, Pence has made restricting abortion rights a key part of his campaign platform. Pence currently has around 7% support among GOP candidates in presidential polls.

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[-] revelrous@sopuli.xyz 14 points 1 year ago

I'd argue it's worse. Courts are going all in on one specific (possibility minority? Anyone got the numbers on this?) supernatural belief.

Plenty of religions cough and the bible cough believe life starts with the first breath.

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