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Holly Richardson: How are ‘pro-life’ people OK with death threats?

Last week, Sen. Mitt Romney called out the Trump administration for pulling out U.S. troops from Syria. Now, Russia and Turkey control the region, over 300,000 Kurds have been displaced and over 500 have died, including men, women and children.

One of those murdered was Hevrin Khalaf, a young Kurdish female hero who, at 34, has been trying to build a better society for women and children. She was beloved for her leadership in uniting Arabs, Christians and Kurds and advancing women’s rights. She was shot, beaten and dragged by her hair until her scalp separated from her head by Turkish troops the week after Trump announced he was withdrawing U.