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:''''What about''' ''after'' the child is born? If you were really pro-life, then wouldn't you stand behind socialized government programs?'

:''''What about''' ''after'' the child is born? If you were really pro-life, then wouldn't you stand behind socialized government programs?'

Of course, at no point following birth is it legal to terminate an innocent human life. Those who consider themselves pro-life argue a negative right to life. I.e., it is not the responsibility of others to provide you with life, but it is the responsibility of the state to protect the lives of all innocents. Socialism argues a positive right to material goods and services, to which it has historically demonstrated a failure to secure said goods and services, and also to protect the individual's right to life.

Of course, at no point following birth is it legal to terminate an innocent human life, and even if it were, it wouldn't justify the leftist view that the unborn should receive no legal protections; it would merely mean that legal protections would need to be implemented to protect both classes of individuals. Those who consider themselves pro-life argue for a negative right to life. I.e., it is not the responsibility of others to provide you with life, but it is the responsibility of the state to protect the lives of all innocents. Socialism argues a positive right to material goods and services, to which it has historically demonstrated a failure to secure said goods and services, and also to protect the individual's right to life.

In more recent years, as transgender activists have encroached on women's rights such as by allowing men into women's restrooms and locker rooms, or by allowing men to compete in women's sports, conservative criticism is sometimes met by:

In more recent years, as transgender activists have encroached on women's rights such as by allowing men into women's restrooms and locker rooms, or by allowing men to compete in women's sports, conservative criticism is sometimes met by: