Tiny You

A Western History of the Anti-Abortion Movement

in English, 328 pages,
University of California Press;, April 07, 2020
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Tiny You tells the story of one of the most successful political movements of the twentieth century: the grassroots campaign against legalized abortion. While Americans have rapidly changed their minds about sex education, pornography, arts funding, gay teachers, and ultimately gay marriage, opposition to legalized abortion has only grown. As other socially conservative movements have lost young activists, the pro-life movement has successfully recruited more young people to their cause. Jennifer L. Holland explores why abortion dominates conservative politics like no other cultural issue.

“This outstanding book respects the diverse religious convictions of anti-abortion activists (Catholic, Mormon, and evangelical Protestant) and shows how their language of justice distinguished their success. Yet though they claimed to be leading a pro&;civil rights campaign, Holland emphasizes their consistent anti-feminist arguments and brings forward the implicit racist assumptions of the overwhelmingly white movement.” Kathy Olmsted, author of Right Out of California: The 1930s and the Big Business Roots of Modern Conservatism.