The Partisan Trajectory of the American Pro-Life Movement: How a Liberal Catholic Campaign Became a Conservative Evangelical Cause

This article employs a historical analysis of the religious composition of the pro-life movement to explain why the partisan identity of the movement shifted from the left to the right between the late 1960s and the 1980s. Many of the Catholics who formed the first anti-abortion organizations in th...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Daniel K. Williams
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2015-04-01
Series:Religions
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/6/2/451