"Trump’s version of this familiar lie [about "partial birth" abortion] is not only over the top, but it reveals his deep affinity with the Christian right. It’s an affinity rooted not in a shared faith with right-wing Christians, but rather in a deeply shared fear of women’s empowerment, with the policy goal of taking it away."
"Many have questioned why right-wing Christian extremists have been so willing to overlook not only Trump’s irreligiousness, but his outright contempt for so many putative principles of Christianity. But the question ignores the deep opposition to, and indeed palpable fear of, women’s autonomy and civil rights that Trump and right-wing Christian fundamentalists share."
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