Evangelicals frame abortion as the slavery of their generation
Evidence
That court [the Supreme Court] has, in our world today, some of the biggest power … things ongoing for generations to come. Roe v. Wade was a big one, because I think that’s going to be … our generation’s slavery. We’re just sitting here, and thousands and thousands of lives are being lost. — Andrew L. Whitehead; Samuel L. Perry, Taking America Back for God, 248
Categorization
- XREF: The ‘abortion as our generation’s slavery’ framing connects to moral entitlement debates and to how victimhood identity claims get wielded in culture-wars rhetoric. — connects to: Evangelical opposition to abortion was initially uncertain and politically constructed — Kristin Kobes Du Mez, Jesus and John Wayne: How White…, 160; Racist theological ideas sanctioned and made American slavery acceptable to Christian churches — Ibram X. Kendi, Stamped from the Beginning: The…, 20; Christian nationalism’s abortion stance stems from its male-authority ideal, not piety — Andrew L. Whitehead; Samuel L. Perry, Taking America Back for God, 253 (+5 more)
Broader Connections
- Evangelical opposition to abortion was initially uncertain and politically constructed
#qualifies(0.85) — Kristin Kobes Du Mez, Jesus and John Wayne, 160 - Racist theological ideas sanctioned and made American slavery acceptable to Christian churches
#expands(0.78) — Ibram X. Kendi, Stamped from the Beginning, 20 - Believing Africans lacked souls let slavery coexist with Christian morality
#exemplifies(0.78) — Sahar F. Aziz, The Racial Muslim, 222 - Christian nationalism’s abortion stance stems from its male-authority ideal, not piety
#corroborates(0.75) — Andrew L. Whitehead; Samuel L. Perry, Taking America Back for God, 253 - Pro-slavery theology classified Black people as pre-Adamite creatures rather than humans
#complicates(0.75) — Ibram X. Kendi, Stamped from the Beginning, 555 - Slave-owning theologians justified the lash as biblically warranted parental discipline
#expands(0.72) — , The Rod and the Child, 4388