Wed Sep 13, 2023 – 11:15 am EDT
(LifeSiteNews) — Dr. Jordan Peterson may not yet be fully pro-life, but he’s treading steadily in that direction.
In 2017, at the start of his rise to fame, Peterson was asked what he thought about abortion. “Abortion is clearly wrong,” he replied after a long pause. “I don’t think anyone debates that. You wouldn’t recommend that someone you love have one.” He’s uncharacteristically wrong there, of course — many people debate that, and plenty of people recommend that their loved ones get an abortion.
Peterson went on to say that the question of legality was entirely different, and that our sexual culture needs to be fixed before that discussion can be had — but noted that he hadn’t thought about the question enough to think his answer was “good enough.”
During a 2018 interview with Canadian social conservative activist Faytene Grassechi, he noted that he sees abortion as a last resort and articulated his views further.
“I certainly believe that abortion is morally wrong,” he said. “I think it’s something you do after you’ve done a bunch of other things that you shouldn’t have done,
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