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The Right-To-Life Movement, the Reagan Administration, and the Politics of Abortion

The Right-To-Life Movement, the Reagan Administration, and the Politics of Abortion

Hardcover

Series: Palgrave Studies in the History of Social Movements

General United States HistoryGeneral World History

ISBN10: 3030017060
ISBN13: 9783030017064
Publisher: Palgrave Pivot
Published: Nov 13 2018
Pages: 160
Weight: 0.98
Height: 0.63 Width: 5.83 Depth: 8.27
Language: English

This book offers a political, ideological, and social history of the national right-to-life movement in the 1980s under President Ronald Reagan. It analyzes anti-abortion engagement with the legislative, judicial, and executive branches, and offers what is frequently a narrative of disappointment and factionalism. The chapters explore pro-life responses to Supreme Court vacancies, attempts to pass a constitutional amendment, and broader legislative and bureaucratic strategies, including successful campaigns against international and domestic family planning programs. The book suggests that the 1980s transformed the anti-abortion cause, limiting the types of ideas and approaches possible at a national level. Although the movement later claimed Reagan as a pro-life hero, while he was President right-to-lifers continuously struggled with the gap between his words and deeds. They also had a fraught relationship with the broader Republican Party. This book charts the political education of right-to-lifers, offering insights into social movement activism and conservatism in the late twentieth century.

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