About a month ago, Conservatives were up in arms with Virginia introducing the Repeal Act in their House of Representatives. While the bill will improve access to abortions for pregnant women, it doesn’t change when women can access an abortion. Conservatives were claiming that the changes would allow so-called “late-term abortions”, but third-trimester abortions are already legal in Virginia.

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This guest post is written by Kate Harveston, a writer and political activist from Pennsylvania. She blogs about culture and politics, and the various ways that those elements act upon each other. For more of her work, you can follow her on Twitter or subscribe to her blog, Only Slightly Biased.

Anti-abortion advocates are adamant that they’re pro-life. The irony of this is their lack of respect for other human beings who have opinions that differ from theirs. There is a long history of violence at abortion clinics by anti-abortion activists, and in the 90s, anti-abortion extremists decided murder was the only way to stop abortion. How does that correspond with a pro-life agenda? Continue reading “On defending the unborn when you can’t even treat those around you with basic respect”