re: #44 wrenchwench

I think the anti-science and anti-woman stuff is wrapped up in a certain kind of fundamentalist theology. If you believe this book is divine revelation and therefore contains all the answers to every universal question, then any sort of thinking that challenges it - even when based on observation and evidence that contradicts this book - must be stopped. But I’ve known some pro-life women (usually Catholic) who I wouldn’t call anti-science or anti-woman, but I haven’t heard any of them make an argument that isn’t based on some sort of theology.

re: #45 jaunte

Yeah, about the only argument I could think of, off the top of my head, was “need babies to replace the people dying” - but when the world population is over 7 billion, I think we’re okay on that point from a policy position.