The US Pro Life movement supports the legal prohibition or restriction of abortion. This movement includes more than one organization, and hope to make elective abortions illegal.

Thomas G. Klasen has written:

'A pro-life manifesto' -- subject(s): Abortion, Pro-life movement

Gary Crum has written:

'Abortion' -- subject(s): Abortion, Pro-choice movement, Pro-life movement, Social aspects of Abortion

The pro-life movement in the United States began to gain momentum in the 1960s and 1970s in response to the Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision legalizing abortion in 1973. The movement originally stemmed from religious and ethical beliefs opposing abortion.

Sharon Oard Warner has written:

'Deep in the heart' -- subject(s): Women, Abortion, Pro-choice movement, Pro-life movement, Fiction