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153 - The Lost Radical History of the Pro-Life Movement - Randall Terry
One might assume abortion has always been a hot-button topic in American politics since the Supreme Court ruling legalizing it in 1973. But that is not the case. The US pro-life movement was so non-robust for many years that by 1987, abortion was not even one of the top 10 issues for American voters. Then suddenly, in ABC's 1988 election exit poll, abortion had shot to the number one issue for voters. What made abortion into a political litmus test so suddenly?
Operation Rescue was what happened. Little remembered now, OR was, believe it or not, the largest civil disobedience in American…
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