Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. List of Illustrations ix
4. Acknowledgments xi
5. 1. Explaining Mobilization in the American Pro-life Movement 1
6. 2. Learning to Care 18
7. 3. The Mobilization Process 46
8. 4. The Birth of a Movement 76
9. 5. Together but Not One: The Pro-life Movement Structure 96
10. 6. “United We Stand”? Tension in the Pro-life Moral Universe 132
11. 7. “My Life Is My Argument”: Religion and the Movement 155
12. 8. Becoming an Activist: Ideas and Social Movements 185
13. Appendix: Study Methodology 197
14. Notes 205
15. References 215
16. Index 227