The pro-life movement is a political term used to define people who are in favor of protecting the life of every human fetus regardless of
the consequences, and are completely against abortion. It all started in 1960, when a number of organizations were formed to mobilize
against the legalizationof the “atrocity” which is abortion. Then, in the United States, the National Right to “Life Committee (NRLC) was
formed. It was founded in the mid 1960s in response to abortion laws being liberalized in various states in the United States. The
movement’s views predominated and found expression in state laws, which prohibited the practice of abortion in different ways. Since it’s
official beginning, the NRLC has been successful and has grown to represent over 3000 chapters in all 50 states and the District of
Columbia.” This fame lasted until the Supreme Court 1973 decision in Roe v. Wade. Roe v. Wade was a decision by the U.S. Supreme Court
that declared a pregnant women is entitled to have an abortion until the end of the first trimester of pregnancy without any interference
by the state. Since then, the description pro-life has been adopted by the NRLC. The pro-life movement then became politically dedicated
to take down the Roe v. Wade decision, which struck down most state laws restricting abortion in the first three months of pregnancy.
However, unlike the National Right to Life Committee (before the Roe v. Wade), the pro-life movement has seemed to lose its power. Is it
because of their change in strategy (internal factor)? Or is it the change in social opinion as a whole that is also affecting politics
(external factor)? What factors have contributed to the decline of the movement’s impact socially and politically?