Storms and aligned activists call themselves “abortion abolitionists,” and they are working on multiple fronts. At statehouses, they are lobbying legislators to support hardline anti-abortion bills. At least 14 states saw bills filed during the current or most recent sessions that would establish fertilized eggs as full legal persons, and classify abortion as homicide. At the same time, they are leveraging the cultural zeitgeist around questions of gender — specifically, heightened discussion over the state of manhood in America — to broaden grassroots appeal.
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