"Grounded in Liberalism as Seen Through a Mid-20th Century Catholic Lens"

"In the four decades since the Supreme Court decided Roe vs. Wade, the political debate over abortion in America has become stale and polarized, with two sides utterly divided and little change in public opinion. But in the years leading up to Roe, many people's views on abortion didn't fit neatly into either liberal or conservative ideology. In fact, early anti-abortion activists viewed their cause as a struggle for civil and human rights, of a piece with social programs like the New Deal and the Great Society."

Emma Green in The Atlantic reviews Daniel K. Williams's Defenders of the Unborn.