TY  - BOOK
AU  - Williams,Daniel K.
TI  - Defenders of the unborn: the pro-life movement before Roe v. Wade 
SN  - 9780199391646 (hardback)
AV  - HQ767.5.U5 W556 2016
U1  - 363.460973 23
PY  - 2016///]
CY  - New York, NY
PB  - Oxford University Press
KW  - Pro-life movement
KW  - United States
KW  - History
KW  - Abortion
KW  - Moral and ethical aspects
KW  - Government policy
KW  - Religious aspects
KW  - Christianity
KW  - HISTORY / United States / 20th Century
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - RELIGION / Christian Life / Women's Issues
KW  - RELIGION / Christian Life / Social Issues
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-337) and index; Machine generated contents note: -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: A Clash of Values -- Chapter 2: The Political Fight Begins -- Chapter 3: Initial Losses -- Chapter 4: National Right to Life -- Chapter 5: "Abortion on Demand" -- Chapter 6: A New Image -- Chapter 7: Progressive Politics -- Chapter 8: National Battle -- Chapter 9: After Roe -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Index
N2  - "Abortion is the most divisive issue in America's culture wars, seemingly creating a clear division between conservative members of the Religious Right and people who align themselves with socially and politically liberal causes. In Defenders of the Unborn, historian Daniel K. Williams complicates the history of abortion debates in the United States by offering a detailed, engagingly written narrative of the pro-life movement's mid-twentieth-century origins. He explains that the movement began long before Roe v. Wade, and traces its fifty-year history to explain how and why abortion politics have continued to polarize the nation up to the present day"--
ER  -