Anti-Abortion
The A movement that emerged in the aftermath of Roe v. Wade, a decision which prevented states from outlawing abortion under most circumstances. Learn more movement as it exists in the early 2020s emerged in the aftermath of the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade decision by the U.S. Supreme Court which found sufficient protection in the Constitution to prevent U.S. States from outlawing abortion under most circumstances. The A movement that emerged in the 1970s encompassing a wide swath of conservative Catholicism and Protestant evangelicalism. Learn more , which had its earliest origins fighting against school desegregation, eventually adopted an anti-abortion platform as one of its primary policy issues, using it to build a broad coalition between evangelical conservatives and Catholic traditionalists.
Also known as anti-choice (among feminists, progressives, and others in favor of preserving or expanding access to reproductive health care) and pro-life (by anti-abortion advocates and more broadly on the Christian Right).