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The Blatant Hypocrisy of ‘Pro-Life’ Rhetoric

January 31, 2017 by Ronnie Ritchie

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(Content Warning: victim-blaming)

The “pro-life” movement needs a name change if its proponents aren’t actually going to support people’s lives.

Otherwise, they’re just asking for someone to point out their hypocrisy – and that’s exactly what this comic does. This shows that those people who claim to be “pro-life,” but don’t actually believe that every child’s life matters, are upholding bias instead of saving anyone’s life.

It’s clear that taking care of children and families who need support does not mean blocking abortion access.

With Love,
The Editors at Everyday Feminism

The Hypocrisy of Pro-Life Rhetoric

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Panel 1

(A person approaches another person participating in a “Pro-Life” protest.)

Person A: (thinking) I’m going to regret this…

Person A: (speaking to the protester) I don’t understand. The fetus isn’t even the size of a bean at the time of most abortions!

Person B: Every child matters, no matter how small!

Panel 2

Person A: Why aren’t you protesting at city hall for lack of support for families raising kids?

Person B: (scoffs) The government didn’t choose to have the kids!

Panel 3

Person B: (turning away) She shouldn’t have had kids if she couldn’t afford them!

Panel 4

Person A: And Black kids and other People of Color who are killed by police on a daily basis?

Person B: The police were just defending themselves!

Panel 5

Person A: (frowning) People with disabilities who want to have kids?

Person B: That’s irresponsible to even consider!

Panel 6

Person A: LGBTQIA+ kids who are extremely vulnerable to abuse, homelessness, and suicide, not to mention conversion therapy?

Person B: We want to help them not be gay!

Panel 7

Person A: (gestures angrily) And kids who end up pregnant themselves?

Person B:  Because our schools are teaching sex instead of abstinence!

Person A: Even from incest and rape?

Person B: …If they can prove it, I will consider it!

Panel 8

(Both people are scowling more and more intensely.)

Person A: Young sex workers, who are targeted for violence by police and civilians alike?

Person B: There’s plenty of safer jobs available!

Panel 9

(Both people step right up to each other aggressively.)

Person A: Kids born with physical or learning disabilities?!

Person B: There’s ways to prevent that!

Panel 10

Person A: (yelling in the protester’s face) Kids in the countless war zones we’ve created?!

Person B: (yells back) That’s war!

Panel 11

Person A: (steps back, panting) So what you’re saying is, every child’s life matters except for all the ones that won’t grow up to be white, able, straight, cisgender, and further your views and ideas?

Panel 12

Person B: (rearing back) What?! No! That’s not what I said at all!

Person A: (turning around and walking away, exhausted) Sure, okay. I’m going to get some tea. Nice, calming tea.

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Ronnie Rene Ritchie is a Contributing Comic Artist for Everyday Feminism. Since graduating from the Pacific Northwest College of Art in Portland, Oregon with a BFA in Illustration, Ronnie has had work featured in galleries and sex shops across North America. Learn more about their autobiographical webcomic, GQutie, Ronnie’s illustration, or follow them on Twitter @ronithebear. Check out their comics here.

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