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Line 10: − + − The largest opposition to slavery in America during the 1850's came from northern Protestants who joined the Republican Party after the Whig Party broke up. Likewise, the current opposition to abortion is strongest among white evangelicals,<ref>[https://www.pewforum.org/fact-sheet/public-opinion-on-abortion/ Public Opinion on Abortion]</ref> three-quarters of whom intended to vote for Donald Trump in the 2016 U.S. Presidential Election.<ref>[https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2017/04/26/among-white-evangelicals-regular-churchgoers-are-the-most-supportive-of-trump/ Among white evangelicals, regular churchgoers are the most supportive of Trump]</ref>+
→Protestant opposition: replace "Protestant" with "evangelical", as the then-racist South also consisted of Protestants
A common premise of arguments justifying slavery and those justifying abortion is the idea that one person's natural rights somehow have the so-called "right" to infringe upon another's natural rights. The abortion movement always makes the supposition that unborn children have no rights and therefore their fates can be decided solely by the mother. Similarly, past justifications of slavery included the obvious example of arguing that whites had "right" to own slaves, some even falsely citing the Bible to justify.<sup>[see previous citation]</sup>
A common premise of arguments justifying slavery and those justifying abortion is the idea that one person's natural rights somehow have the so-called "right" to infringe upon another's natural rights. The abortion movement always makes the supposition that unborn children have no rights and therefore their fates can be decided solely by the mother. Similarly, past justifications of slavery included the obvious example of arguing that whites had "right" to own slaves, some even falsely citing the Bible to justify.<sup>[see previous citation]</sup>
==Protestant opposition==
==Evangelical opposition==
Among the largest opposition to slavery in America during the 1850's came from northern [[evangelicals]] who joined the [[Republican Party]] after the Whig Party broke up. Likewise, the current opposition to abortion is strongest among white evangelicals,<ref>[https://www.pewforum.org/fact-sheet/public-opinion-on-abortion/ Public Opinion on Abortion]</ref> three-quarters of whom intended to vote for Donald Trump in the 2016 U.S. Presidential Election.<ref>[https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2017/04/26/among-white-evangelicals-regular-churchgoers-are-the-most-supportive-of-trump/ Among white evangelicals, regular churchgoers are the most supportive of Trump]</ref>
==References==
==References==