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Defenders of the Unborn - The Pro-Life Movement before Roe v. Wade (Paperback)
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Defenders of the Unborn - The Pro-Life Movement before Roe v. Wade (Paperback)
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On April 16, 1972, ten thousand people gathered in Central Park to
protest New York's liberal abortion law. Emotions ran high,
reflecting the nation's extreme polarization over abortion. Yet the
divisions did not fall neatly along partisan or religious lines-the
assembled protesters were far from a bunch of fire-breathing
culture warriors. In Defenders of the Unborn, Daniel K. Williams
reveals the hidden history of the pro-life movement in America,
showing that a cause that many see as reactionary and anti-feminist
began as a liberal crusade for human rights. For decades, the media
portrayed the pro-life movement as a Catholic cause, but by the
time of the Central Park rally, that stereotype was already
hopelessly outdated. The kinds of people in attendance at pro-life
rallies ranged from white Protestant physicians, to young mothers,
to African American Democratic legislators-even the occasional
member of Planned Parenthood. One of New York City's most vocal
pro-life advocates was a liberal Lutheran minister who was best
known for his civil rights activism and his protests against the
Vietnam War. The language with which pro-lifers championed their
cause was not that of conservative Catholic theology, infused with
attacks on contraception and women's sexual freedom. Rather, they
saw themselves as civil rights crusaders, defending the inalienable
right to life of a defenseless minority: the unborn fetus. It was
because of this grounding in human rights, Williams argues, that
the right-to-life movement gained such momentum in the early 1960s.
Indeed, pro-lifers were winning the battle before Roe v. Wade
changed the course of history. Through a deep investigation of
previously untapped archives, Williams presents the untold story of
New Deal-era liberals who forged alliances with a diverse array of
activists, Republican and Democrat alike, to fight for what they
saw as a human rights cause. Provocative and insightful, Defenders
of the Unborn is a must-read for anyone who craves a deeper
understanding of a highly-charged issue.
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