Well, yes, that headline is just a wee bit inflammatory. Some of the forced pregnancy looons are in it for the power. Others of them are in it because they want to control “their” women. And others are in it because they really are serious that a blastocyst is a baby, and is just as important as a living, breathing, woman.

Whatever. (Why I should take their beliefs seriously is a question that’s about as open as the question of whether the earth is 6000 years old.) LA Times:

Some of the biggest groups in the movement, including Focus on the Family and National Right to Life, are under attack from fellow activists who accuse them of turning a godly [yeah, right] cause into a money-grubbing industry.

Of course, the activists are who saying Mullah Dobson has no clothes are even more lunatic than The Master Of The Rod Himself, but heck: The God(dess)(s)(es) of Your Choice, If Any, move in mysterious ways, His/Her/Their/Its wonders to perform.

It’s always a pleasure to see the wingers eating their own:

Deeply frustrated, several small antiabortion groups have launched a campaign to force their movement back to an absolutist position: No more compromises, no more half-steps, just an all-out effort for an all-out ban.

Knock yourselves out!

We’re not finding any core, mainstream [antiabortion] groups that are anything other than political hacks…. You don’t even hear these guys talking about ending abortion anymore. So you’ll see our rhetoric sharpening,” said David Brownlow, who runs a shoestring lobbying group in Oregon called Life Support.

But—But—Mullah Dobson is taken seriously by the Beltway 500! He’s on the teebee! His word can make or break a candidate’s chances in an election! I mean, Dobson could have his own brand of dungeons and leather gear if he wanted!

How could Dobson be a hack?

How could Dobson be in it for the money?

Say it isn’t so!

NOTE None of the above should be taken to imply that a woman’s decision to have an abortion isn’t serious, or doesn’t have a moral dimension. Of course it does. But it’s her decision to make. (Of course, whether abortion is a religious decision… Well, that depends on her religion. If any. Not anybody else’s.)