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

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Prudence Flowers

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

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Springer Nature Switzerland AG
13 November 2018

History of the Americas; Social & cultural history; Ethical issues: abortion & birth control; Gender studies: women; Political science & theory

Series: Palgrave Studies in the History of Social Movements

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.

By: Prudence Flowers
Imprint: Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Country of Publication: Switzerland
Edition: 2019 ed.
Dimensions: Height: 210mm, Width: 148mm,
Weight: 454g
ISBN: 9783030017064
ISBN 10: 3030017060
Series: Palgrave Studies in the History of Social Movements
Pages: 160
Publication Date: 13 November 2018
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Prudence Flowers is a lecturer at Flinders University, Australia. She teaches and researches United States history. She has published on first-wave feminism and the temperance movement in the late nineteenth century and on anti-abortion activism in the 1970s and 1980s.