The Right-to-Life Movement, the Reagan Administration, and the Politics of Abortion / by Prudence Flowers.
Flowers, Prudence., author.
2019
E171-E183.9
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Title The Right-to-Life Movement, the Reagan Administration, and the Politics of Abortion / by Prudence Flowers.
Author Flowers, Prudence., author.
Edition 1st ed. 2019.
ISBN 9783030017071
3030017079
9783030017064
3030017060
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-01707-1.
Published Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Pivot, 2019.
Language English
Description 1 online resource (160 pages).
Item Number 10.1007/978-3-030-01707-1. doi
Call Number E171-E183.9
Dewey Decimal Classification 363.460973
Summary 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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Series Palgrave studies in the history of social movements.
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Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: A Brief History of the National Movement to End Abortion
Chapter 3: "A Prolife Disaster": The Sandra Day O'Connor Nomination
Chapter 4: "A Movement in Disarray": The Hatch/Helms Fight
Chapter 5: "Voodoo Demographics": The Right-to-Life Movement Confronts the Population Establishment
Chapter 6: Cultivating Reagan's Abortion Legacy: His Last Years in Office
Chapter 7: The Lessons of the Reagan Years.

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