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There are many key issues that REAL are directly opposed to which organizations such as NAC advocate for and push to enact.

The first and most dominant of the issues is that of abortion.

While NAC fight to promote a woman ’ s right to choose, REAL believe that a fetus is a person, making abortion akin to murder.

Another key issue taken up by this activist group concern childcare.

They oppose the idea of the universal childcare model as they believe that governmental childcare represents a loss of parental control, and furthers the role of the state within the family.

They argued the funding would be better spent on things such as courses on parenting skills.

While many feminist organizations believe a person should be paid based on the work they put into a job as opposed to their gender, REAL opposed this as well.

REAL's view is that equal pay for women would reduce the income disparity between genders, draw women into the paid labour force, and improve the economic position of female headed households.

This represents a major threat to the family values they hold in such high esteem.

They believed this would demean women while breaking down the traditional family.

Additionally, they believed this would destroy the free market economy, as women taking men ’ s jobs would undermine the ideology of the family wage system.

Other things they oppose include anti family violence programs, which they claim encourage hatred toward men ; no-fault divorce ; and protection for gay and lesbian people.

The overarching goal of REAL Women is to support a particular way of life as reflected in the traditional family model, and these were all issues they believed contradict that nostalgic 1950s nuclear family.

They sincerely believe their activism contribute to women ’ s equality and will improve their lives.

Their monthly newsletter, Reality, mirrored American conservative movement.

It regularly attacked feminists such as Flora MacDonald as well as their campaigns.