Defenders of the Unborn: The Pro-Life Movement Before Roe V. Wade

by Daniel K. Williams

Book Overview

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,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199391645
• ISBN13: 9780199391646
• Release Date: January 2016
• Publisher: Oxford Univ PR
• Length: 380 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 9.4"