That's why the religious right cares about it and not the dozens of other things they could be focusing on to save lives — from gun control to universal healthcare to environmental conservation. They won't budge on that shit.

But abortion, this one relatively narrow, highly-specific thing. That they're all over. Why?

> That's why the religious right cares about it and not the dozens of other things they could be focusing on to save lives — from gun control to universal healthcare to environmental conservation. They won't budge on that shit.

1. You're talking about a coalition like it was one person monomaniacally organized around one idea, which us unlikely to give true insight about that coalition.

2. It also feels that you likely have a distorted view (e.g. taking a oversimple slogan, interpreting it through your views, then misunderstanding the people who use it by imposing your interpretation on them).

3. Also, there are likely subsets of that coalition that actually believe very close to how you think they should (e.g. my impression is the Catholic Church is pretty close).