| Title | : | Defenders of the Unborn: The Pro-Life Movement before Roe v. Wade |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.99 (238 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0199391645 |
| Format Type | : | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages | : | 400 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-01-07 |
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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movement as a Catholic cause, but by the time of the Central Park rally, that stereotype was already hopelessly outdated.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 advocate
Editorial : "This is a superb book on a chapter of history that has, until now, largely eluded modern historians Williams has produced a thoroughly researched and wellwritten chronicle of how pro-life Catholic Democrats fought the movement toward permissive abortion laws and how the pro-life position evolved to include not only Catholics but also evangelical Protestants by the end of the 1960s Williams's account of state and local and national figures in the abortion movement makes Defenders of the Unborn an excellent addition to the literature on abortion politics in America."--Kansas History: A Journalof the Central Plains"A deeply researched, evenhanded, accessible and surprising history of anti-abortion before Roe v. Wade." --New York Times Book Review"MasterfulA meticulous reconstruction of a historical moment that we think we know but don't."--Christianity Today"There's a lot here that will surprise even those who stay current with the battle over
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