Christian rightwingers warn abortion fight could spark US civil war

Wave of extreme bans seems to have amped up predictions of coming conflict Pro-choice and anti-abortion activists outside the supreme court in Washington DC on 18 January.Photograph: Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty ImagesProminent figures on the Christian right in the US ranging from religious magazines to authors to elected politicians have warned that the fight over abortion rights could lead to a new civil war. Though such dire predictions are not necessarily new on the extreme right wing in the US, the