The Splintering of the Pro-Life Movement

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LZ Granderson says the pro-life movement has been splintering in recent years. He says there are two camps jockeying to set the movement's direction. LZ: The establishment pro-lifers use political connections to score policy wins with judges and legislators. On the other side, you have younger pro- lifers who tend to be more absolutist," he writes.

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