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Stuckey: Being a conservative and
being pro-choice, or pro-abortion,
which is what pro-choice is,
is really incongruent.
Conservatives believe in the importance
of our founding documents.
The Declaration of Independence says
"life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness"
because without life, neither liberty
nor the pursuit of happiness exists.
Conservatives who say that
we center our ideology on liberty
really can't center that ideology on
liberty unless we first prioritize life.
Life is the most fundamental right.
None of the other rights that are
listed in the Bill of Rights actually exist
without, first, the right to life.
Conservatives also believe in human
dignity and human autonomy.
That's why we believe in self-governance.
And if that autonomy and that human dignity
does not start at conception, does not
start in the womb, then where does it start?
There's really no logical, no scientific,
no moral, no political argument for abortion
whatsoever. There's no reason for
a conservative to support it.
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