Can Pro-lifers be feminists?

Once you start limiting the range of 'acceptable' views, then it would mean you have to stop saying that every womanis really a femininst, eg if she has benefitted from and agrees with equal pay. You would also have to exclude women adherents of the principle world religions, and those who vote for parties which support limitations.

I'm not at all convinced that's the right approach. I can see how default TERFiness has led to a thought-pattern based on excluding/deriding those who do not agree with a particular approach/mindset. And how that's leading to people thinking 'don't agree, I'm out'

It's either an ecumenical movement or it isn't.

I agree with MsJuniper and Nautical.

I don’t think “the feminist community” is an actual thing that anyone can police membership of. If people who are anti-choice want to call themselves feminists, we can’t stop them, but we can disagree. Maybe they are feminist when it comes to other things. And by engaging in debate maybe we can persuade them on the abortion rights debate.

I mean, it’s crazy to call yourself a feminist if you basically want to force women to be incubators, so you have to expect people to challenge you. But I don’t think you should be “shunned”.

There is nothing feminist about removing a woman's right to choose to have an abortion.

If your belief is that you think abortion is wrong, you wouldn't have one, but other women can if they choose to, then all good.

If your position is that abortion is wrong, and no women should be able to access one, then you're absolutely anti-feminist.

Making abortion illegal does not stop abortions. It hasn't since the dawn of time, and it won't ever stop abortion. Ever.

Women who categorically do not want to be pregnant will get rid of their baby.

So there is NO question that not allowing other women access to abortions is anti-feminist.

I hope they campaign for PIV not to be synonymous with "sex".

Being anti-choice is not a feminist position. They may be feminist but their stance on abortion is not feminist.

Pro-Life is a ridiculous term. I would always use the term "anti choice" - say it like it is.

I can also never understand how anyone can use the "if men could bear children" argument in any context. If men could bear children, they'd be the biologically oppressed class and the whole discussion is moot.

... however, I also feel that everything should be done to provide women with effective and free contraception and support if they do happen to find themselves pregnant.

I am a Feminist & Pro-Life. That is because I see an unborn baby as a baby, because it is. Changing the word to 'foetus' does not negate the fact that it is still a baby. I therefore believe that you should terminate its life in very few circumstances.

Women's autonomy is a basic tenet of Feminism, the political movement for the liberation of women.
We are all entitled to our own beliefs, but not our own facts. Forced birth is anti feminist. So how can they claim to be what they oppose? Same way male feminists do, I suppose.

No. Forcing women and girls to carry a fetus to term, and give birth to a child against their will, is absolutely anti-feminist.

But it does depend what they mean by pro-life. If they mean:

1. They wouldn't personally want to have an abortion
2. They give time, money and emotional support to women who would like to carry to term by are dealing with situations that prevent them
3. They support free and accessible birth control.
4. They support government action on rape, coercive control and domestic violence that limits women's autonomy...

And they are NOT pro forced-birth. I'm happy to still call them a feminist.

personally i think anti-choice ideology is in opposition with female bodily autonomy. and look at countries like el salvador, where women can go to prison for miscarrying.
making abortion illegal doesn't really result in fewer abortions, it just drives them underground, making them dangerous.

No

They want to save babies of all genders Fetuses are male or female BTW. Two sexes.

No one needs to be embraced or shunned.

If you want to prevent high rates of abortion, on a population level, you have good women's rights, good education, free and accessible birth control, and free and accessible abortion on demand. If they are pro-life like that; fair play to them.

I don't think forced-birth advocates are either pro-life or pro-women.