Hypocrites

My Body, My Choice? The Paradox of Republican Anti-vaxxers

The first time I saw a photo of an anti-vaxxer with a sign that read “My Body My Choice,” I was sort of puzzled. I thought perhaps the photo editor had used the wrong image to accompany the story—but then I saw that the sign also included a picture of a mask with a red line across it. No, these people weren’t protesting a government that was regulating uteruses, a government that was telling women when they could end a pregnancy that was going on in their own bodies. They were instead protesting a simple and painless public-health measure. They were mad at the idea of having to wear a piece of fabric on their faces. For this particular group, government regulation was fine unless it was regulating them—at which point it became a horrible infringement on their constitutional rights ...

There was a time when conservatives/libertarians actually were for a woman's right to choose an abortion because they didn't want government getting involved in that decision ... Evangelical: Religious Right Has Distorted the Faith ... but that was before they realized an anti-abortion stance would make a great issue around which to consolidate right-wing Christians and Republican voters into a powerful political block.

Read more: The politics of abortion: a historical perspective

As with the issue of fiscal responsibility, we see that conservatives are hypocrites, without any actual values or ideals beyond what will gain them power over others.