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DEPROGRAMMED: Three abortions and eight decades later, this woman says feminism 'failed' her

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Candy Thompson, an octogenarian who left her Christian faith after embracing feminism during college and later had three abortions, now says that feminism "failed" her. In an interview with Fox News Digital, she expressed regret over how feminism pitted women against men and undermined traditional roles of motherhood and marriage. Thompson attributes her life's decline to a miscarriage in college followed by a hasty marriage and subsequent divorcethat led to the abortions. She now recognizes the importance of returning to her faith for clarity on her purpose as a woman.

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Candy Thompson, an octogenarian, claims she left her Christian faith after embracing feminism during her college years at the University of North Carolina in the 1960s. She had three abortions during her first marriage and later returned to Christianity, stating that feminism "failed" her by pitting women against men, children, traditional roles, and even God. Thompson asserts that feminist ideology did not address her questions about faith and values, leading her away from Christian principles. Reflecting on a traumatic miscarriage she experienced in college, Thompson sees it as the turning point when her life began to deviate from what she now considers important values.

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Alba Cuebas-Fantauzzi

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Christian Christianity Fox News Digital the University of North Carolina

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Narrative

Octogenarian Candy Thompson, who says she left her Christian faith after embracing feminism and later had three abortions during her first marriage, eventually returned to Christianity and said feminism "failed" her.

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DEPROGRAMMED: Three abortions and eight decades later, this woman says feminism 'failed' her · assertive framing

Claims (21 extracted, 0 hedged)

feminism → say → her

"The feminists pitted [women] against men, they pitted us against having children … asserted

they → pit → children

It belittled who we were in the home and [as] mothers, and it belittled who we were as just women in a marriage," Thompson told Fox News Digital. asserted

Thompson → belittle → Digital

"When it pitted us against God even … then that's what really led to what happened to me," she continued. asserted

she → pit → me

Thompson, who attended the University of North Carolina in the 1960s, said learning about feminism while in college helped lead her away from her Christian values. asserted

learning → attend → values

"[Those values] didn't seem to answer the questions that I was asking. asserted

I → seem → that

And then I heard about feminism, and that was in the culture … asserted

that → hear → culture

It sounded good because it was about equality," she added. asserted

she → sound → equality

"I had a really, really traumatic experience between my junior and senior year. asserted

I → have → year

I had a miscarriage in the college dorm … asserted

I → have → dorm

… I just went right on with what I had been doing. asserted

I → go → what

I look back at that and see that was when my life began to go really downhill from there," Thompson continued. asserted

Thompson → look → that

After a miscarriage, Thompson said she married the first man she dated. asserted

she → say → man

The marriage ended in divorce, and Thompson said she had three abortions during the relationship. asserted

she → end → relationship

She now recognizes those pregnancies with acknowledgment-of-life certificates. asserted

She → recognize → certificates

I did not understand as a young woman what my actual created purpose was … asserted

purpose → understand → woman

Those things were not really clear until I returned to my former faith," she said. asserted

she → return → faith

They are hungry to know who they really are and they want to be married," Thompson continued. asserted

Thompson → know → ?

"They want to have this love, but they don't trust men … and having their hearts broken and hurt because we're made in that way of wanting to have that relationship that is a lifetime relationship." asserted

that → want → relationship

"They're wanting this in their spirits, but they don't know how to get it because nobody's telling them. asserted

nobody → want → them

These women are lost," she added. asserted

she → lose → ?