A doctor best known for performing late-term abortions is gunned down while he and his wife are faithfully ministering in their Lutheran church on a Sunday morning. The University of Notre Dame, America’s best-known Catholic institution, honors the nation’s first black president, who is also a staunch defender of legal abortion. Dozens of prolife activists protesting Barack (...)
December 18, 2009
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Converts to a Cause
The Making of Pro-life ActivistsHow Social Movement Mobilization WorksZiad W. MunsonUniversity of Chicago Press, $22.50, 248 pp.
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