Pro-abortion rights advocacy group NARAL sparked a social media scrum Wednesday when it tweeted about the possible connection between white nationalists, the Republican Party, and anti-abortion organizations.
“THREAD: White supremacists at #Charlottesville have close ties not just to Trump, but GOP & anti-choice groups,” the organization wrote.
NARAL then outlined its argument that white nationalists and anti-abortion groups shared a common interest in wanting “to control women’s bodies,” using the example of two Charlottesville attendees — James Allsup and Matthew Heimbach — as evidence.
“It should be no surprise why white supremacists promote #antichoice policies,” the organization continued. “They disproportionately harm women of color.”
While many of NARAL’s followers online agreed with the sentiment, some did not.
“That’s an outrageous conflation. You’d hate Margaret Sanger if she were a republican. Disgusting,” Dan Kimbler wrote, referring to the American birth control activist.
NARAL also called on Republicans to take action to eradicate white nationalist and anti-abortion rights extremism, otherwise “their denouncements of ‘hate’ will ring hollow.”
THREAD: White supremacists at #Charlottesville have close ties not just to Trump, but GOP & anti-choice groups.
— NARAL (@NARAL) August 16, 2017
