pro-life movement
Opposing pregnancy termination
The pro-life movement is organized political and social activism opposing abortion, holding that human life begins at conception and that abortion is morally equivalent to killing a person.
The movement emerged in response to the 1973 *Roe v.
Wade* decision legalizing abortion in the United States.
Pro-life groups advocate for legal restrictions on abortion, support crisis pregnancy centers, and often frame their position in religious terms.
Some within the movement also oppose contraception, embryonic stem cell research, and assisted suicide.
The pro-life movement celebrated the overturning of Roe.
- abortionEnding a pregnancy
- unbornNot yet delivered
- family valuesBeliefs prioritizing domestic bonds
- sanctityQuality of being inviolable
- Roe v. WadeAbortion legalization ruling
personhood · fetal heartbeat · heartbeat · late-term abortion · protest · human rights · state laws · fetus · legislation · culture wars · constitutional amendments · bodily autonomy · Supreme Court · religion · lobbying · judicial rulings · womb · grassroots organizing
- American Catholicismarchdiocese, parish council, archdioceses, Catholic school, Catholic schools
- Faith Activismsocial gospel, interfaith dialogue, Christian socialism, sanctuary movement, abolitionism
- Health Activismhealth policy, health equity, healthcare access, patient rights, public health campaigns
- Catholic Politicscommon good, subsidiarity, religious liberty, just war, Catholic voters
- theopoliticstheocracy, Christian right, religious right, separation of church and state, state religion
- anti-feminismanti-feminism, misogyny, male supremacy, manosphere, men's rights
pro-life movementpro-choice
Supporting legal abortion access
reproductive autonomy · abortion rights · right to choose · abortion access · elective abortion