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I'm not sure I would go so far as to characterize it that way. Certainly not for the group as a whole. Undoubtedly so for some of the most extremist in the population. But, much can be said about extremist on any side of any issue.
However, it does make me suspicious that (what I see, which may not necessarily reflect reality, is that) most pro-lifers focus more on making abortion illegal or condemning abortion, with their time, money, etc. I quite sincerely believe that the time and money pro-lifers spend on preventing abortions (and the time and money pro-choicers spend trying to defend abortion) would be better spent on preventing unwanted pregnancies in the first place. It is obvious, both intuitively and through evidence, that preventing unwanted pregnancies reduces abortions. If that's the goal of pro-lifers, they could probably do just as much good that way as through fighting abortion itself. Nevertheless, these particular ones to which I am referring, seem to be purposely not achieving their goal in the most effective way possible. Why would they want to do that?
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