re: #201 No Malarkey!

I don’t think so. Other than worship of Cheetolini, the most fundamental GOP beliefs are anti-abortion and pro gun. The pro-life movement provides the GOP it’s most reliable foot soldiers in election campaigns.

The GOP props up pro-life rather than the other way around.
Beyond that, I think a lot of the pro-life movement is fronting for Big Woo, and the lifers themselves would switch if they saw a scam they could run. Not all, of course, some are just violent nuts, but the driving force is the same as for creationism and general anti-science.
In Lubbock, the head of Right to Life is also an advocate of hoarding and price-gouging in emergencies and there is evidence that the RtL organization provides the framework for organized hoarding every time a real or alleged shortage appears. Needless to say, the same guy is also a major woo-peddler.