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Did Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice candidate Dan Kelly write that pro-choice groups support abortion to ‘preserve sexual libertinism?’ [1]

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Date: 2023-03-13 17:59:25+00:00

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Yes.

In a now-deleted blog post from 2012, Wisconsin Supreme Court justice candidate Dan Kelly wrote that pro-choice groups support abortion rights to “preserve sexual libertinism.”

In the post, Kelly makes what he calls “epistemological matches,” or identifying people or groups whom he claims knowingly support what he deems harmful policies — such as abortion—to achieve their goals.

“Here we will match the Democratic Party, a major women’s organization, and a single-purpose special interest group to a policy deadly to children. The subject, as you might guess, is abortion. The Democratic Party favors it, the National Organization of Women is adamantly supportive, and the National Abortion Rights Action League has the single-minded purpose of keeping it legal.”

He continues: “So we may safely charge them with knowingly favoring a policy that has its primary purpose harming children. Why? To preserve sexual libertinism.”

This Fact Brief is responsive to conversations such as this one.

Sources

Internet Archive: Author Archives: Daniel Kelly

University of Sheffield: Epistemology

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If we send you a request to change or remove Wisconsin Watch content from your site, you must agree to do so immediately. You are welcome to republish our articles forusing the following ground rules. For questions regarding republishing rules please contact Andy Hall, executive director, at [email protected] Did Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice candidate Dan Kelly write that pro-choice groups support abortion to ‘preserve sexual libertinism?’ <h1>Did Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice candidate Dan Kelly write that pro-choice groups support abortion to ‘preserve sexual libertinism?’</h1> by Erin Gretzinger / Wisconsin Watch, Wisconsin Watch March 13, 2023 <h2>Yes.</h2> In a now-deleted blog post from 2012, Wisconsin Supreme Court justice candidate Dan Kelly wrote that pro-choice groups support abortion rights to "preserve sexual libertinism." In the post, Kelly makes what he calls "epistemological matches," or identifying people or groups whom he claims knowingly support what he deems harmful policies — such as abortion—to achieve their goals. "Here we will match the Democratic Party, a major women’s organization, and a single-purpose special interest group to a policy deadly to children. The subject, as you might guess, is abortion. The Democratic Party favors it, the National Organization of Women is adamantly supportive, and the National Abortion Rights Action League has the single-minded purpose of keeping it legal." He continues: "So we may safely charge them with knowingly favoring a policy that has its primary purpose harming children. Why? To preserve sexual libertinism." This Fact Brief is responsive to conversations such as <a href="https://twitter.com/JessicaValenti/status/1632955615633891330" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">this one</a>. Sources Internet Archive: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160726105712/http://www.hangtogetherblog.com/author/dkelly/page/7" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Author Archives: Daniel Kelly</a> University of Sheffield: <a href="https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/philosophy/research/themes/epistemology#:~:text=Epistemology%20is%20the%20theory%20of,when%20do%20we%20know%20things%3F" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Epistemology</a> This <a target="_blank" href="https://wisconsinwatch.org/2023/03/did-wisconsin-supreme-court-justice-candidate-dan-kelly-write-that-pro-choice-groups-support-abortion-to-preserve-sexual-libertinism/">article</a> first appeared on <a target="_blank" href="https://wisconsinwatch.org">Wisconsin Watch</a> and is republished here under a Creative Commons license.<img src="https://i0.wp.com/wisconsinwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/cropped-WCIJ_IconOnly_FullColor_RGB-1.png?fit=150%2C150&quality=100&ssl=1" style="width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;"><img id="republication-tracker-tool-source" src="https://wisconsinwatch.org/?republication-pixel=true&post=1277455&ga=UA-17896820-1" style="width:1px;height:1px;">

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