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The mainstream 'pro-life' movement traditionally framed abortion as having two victims: the fetus and the woman (suffering 'abortion regret'). However, the 'abortion abolitionist' movement, now gaining influence, asserts that abortion is murder and that women who undergo abortions should be punished as such, rejecting the 'victim' narrative for women.

The guest explains that the mainstream movement began talking about women as the 'second victim of abortion' in the '90s (00:03:41), but abolitionists argue, 'the fetus is a human being. Abortion is murder, and why are we letting these murderers off the hook?' (00:05:41).

Abortion abolitionists demand the complete and immediate end to all abortion from the moment of conception, rejecting any incremental restrictions like 6-week bans. They misappropriate the term 'abolitionist' by equating a fetus to a slave and using 'equal protection' to argue for fetal rights, drawing parallels to the 14th Amendment's post-Civil War context.

Their call is for 'the complete, immediate end to all abortion' from 'the moment of conception' (00:06:10, 00:06:22). A quote from the National Legal Foundation states, 'Just as enslaved people could be harmed or killed by their owners without legal consequences... unborn children may be poisoned, dismembered, and killed by their owners {slash} mothers without fear of criminal prosecution' (00:23:51).

The abolitionist movement, once on the fringe, is now making inroads into mainstream politics and organizations. This includes an equal protection bill making it out of committee in South Carolina, the Texas Republican Party adopting an abolitionist plank in its 2024 platform, and the prominent anti-abortion group Students for Life endorsing the criminalization of women for abortion.

The South Carolina bill was the 'first time that an abolitionist or an equal protection bill made it out of committee onto Senate a full chamber floor' (00:07:51). The Texas Republican Party 'included an abolitionist plank in their party platform' (00:26:30). Kristen Hawkins of Students for Life, a 'mainstream identified' group, 'has endorsed the South Carolina abolitionist bill' that 'calls for the criminalization of those who abort as murderers' (00:28:09, 00:29:33).

The abolitionist movement is deeply intertwined with Christian and white nationalism, advocating for governance by biblical law. Its leadership is explicitly male-centric, calling on men to lead the 'cultural battle' while encouraging women to embrace 'biblical femininity.' This growth is partly attributed to a Steve Bannon-inspired grassroots strategy to infiltrate local Republican groups and college campuses.

The movement shows 'deep support for a particular socio-cultural structure in the US identified with Christian and white nationalism' (00:34:24, 00:34:37). Students for Abolition 'explicitly call on men to lead' (00:31:15), with a founder stating, 'Men are the providers, protectors, and defenders of the weak and should therefore lead this cultural battle' (00:31:25). Bradley Pierce, a key abolitionist leader, adopted a 'grassroots local ground-up strategy' inspired by Steve Bannon (00:27:17).

Despite the anti-abortion movement's focus on 'abortion regret,' hundreds of studies show it is not an evidence-based response to abortion. Conversely, research increasingly documents 'maternal regret' among some women who have children, and the Turnaway Project demonstrated significantly worse outcomes for women denied abortions.

All 'hundreds of studies, articles that about regret show that there's... that abortion regret is not the evidence-based response to abortion' (00:17:41). There's 'more and more research about maternal regret' (00:19:03). The Turnaway Project found that women denied abortions 'fared a lot worse on a lot of measures, including health, including economic' (00:20:55).