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The natalist arguments of people like JD Vance are increasingly being used to defend new laws rolling back bodily autonomy, and in Wyoming, a newly signed "fetal heartbeat" bill has made this connection explicit. We're talking about it, plus we read your mail about:

• The tendencies of fundamentalist Catholicism vs. more mainstream Catholicism and the people they tend to attract

• The varying cultural tendences of different ethnic Catholic traditions

• JD's connection to Erika Kirk and her whole deal