Imagine my surprise when I investigated the history of the pro-life movement and learned it was actually a Republican-nominated Supreme Court that made the decision to legalize abortion through Roe v. Wade in 1973. At the time, polling showed that most evangelicals were either indifferent on the issue or supported access to abortion.11 In addition, two years before the Roe v. Wade ruling, the Southern Baptist Convention passed a resolution that encouraged SBC members “to work for legislation that will allow the possibility of abortion under such conditions as rape, incest, clear evidence of
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