The American Spectator

home
ADVERTISEMENT
Print Email
Text Size

The Spectacle Blog

Even Gerald Ford, facing a pro-life primary challenge from Ronald Reagan, ended up endorsing a constitutional amendment to overturn Roe v. Wade in 1976 (though he opposed the Reagan-backed human life amendment). And that was, as Dave notes, before the pro-life movement had come into its own as as force within the GOP.

topics:
Constitution

Leave a comment

Leave a Comment

N.B. We encourage readers to share and discuss their thoughtful and relevant comments about this Spectator article. Comments are routinely monitored and will be deleted if profane, bigoted, or grossly impolite. Please be respectful. (And don't feed the trolls!) Thank you.

Related Blog Posts

More Blog Posts by W. James Antle, III

http://spectator.org/blog/2007/03/31/re-giuliani-on-abortion
ADVERTISEMENT

Clip of the Day

Most Popular Articles

Who Castrated Ann Coulter?

David Catron | 2.6.12

Bigoted Barack, Red in Tooth and Clause

George Neumayr | 2.10.12

Unsafe at Any Smoke

Eric Peters | 2.10.12

Access This

Ross Kaminsky | 2.10.12

The Delousing of a Movement

R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. | 2.9.12

The Show Me State's No Show Primary

Andrew B. Wilson | 2.10.12

Justice Ginsburg Should Resign

William Tucker | 2.8.12

No Double Play

Peter Hannaford | 2.10.12

ADVERTISEMENT