Why Are Abortion Proponents So Emotional?

 

Proponents of abortion get quite emotional, many to the point of irrationality. Their reactions to the potential that there might be even the slightest constraints on abortion are way over the top. We have seen quite a bit of hysterics on display the last couple of months.

Why? I can’t think of another issue that generates such a high level of emotion, even supposedly existential issues like “climate change.” The weird sex advocates get emotional and are very persistent, but even they don’t get hysterical in the same way that abortion advocates do.

What is it about abortion that causes such reactions?

For this discussion, I am referring to the extreme activists who put themselves on public display, not the vast muddy middle of people that @susanquinn  addresses below.

[I operate on a theory that the more I understand the other party’s motivations, the more likely I can help either find a workable solution, or convince them that they might be mistaken.]

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  1. Columbo Inactive
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    Motherhood is the one of the most intense responsibilities out there, and is about as far from freedom as possible. I wonder about their childhoods – did their mothers seem that miserable? It’s hard to imagine parenthood without love for the child.

    I suspect some have contempt for their mothers as loser breeders.

    I do think that people who are mad at G-d and humanity for the crime 9f existing are attracted to leftism. I’m with Jordan Peterson on this one.

    And Satan smiles with each one he snares in this prideful trap.

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  2. Henry Castaigne Member
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    Columbo (View Comment):

    Henry Castaigne (View Comment):

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    OmegaPaladin (View Comment):

    Motherhood is the one of the most intense responsibilities out there, and is about as far from freedom as possible. I wonder about their childhoods – did their mothers seem that miserable? It’s hard to imagine parenthood without love for the child.

    I suspect some have contempt for their mothers as loser breeders.

    I do think that people who are mad at G-d and humanity for the crime 9f existing are attracted to leftism. I’m with Jordan Peterson on this one.

    And Satan smiles with each one he snares in this prideful trap.

    Lucifer says humans do it all by themselves. It’s unpleasant but probably accurate.

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