Essentially like all political groups there are differences of opinion, and abortion in the US is a key area of controvery. Social conservatives are not simply identifiable by their support for pro-life policies, but acceptance of this idea is an important test of whether they will get the following they need. "[While] I wouldn't use the terms interchangeably, I think a staunch pro-life stance makes a candidate eligible for the social conservative vote."
The tea-party movement is pretty fractious, and many of them are pro-life and all the rest of it, but the core principles of the movement are: fiscal responsibility, constitutionally limited government, and free markets. Not exactly the Moral Majority.
Further information about the Tea Party movement can be found here at their web-site.
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