Although it is believed that Pro-Life movement was formed in 1973 with the Supreme Courts’ decision of Rode v. Wade , this movement was already taking shape long before then. “Indeed, scholars, theologians, physicians, and politicians have debated the morality of abortion for literally centuries.” “In 1900 abortion was mad illegal in every state, expect when the mother life was endangered. However the fact the abortions were made illegal did not change the availability abortions to the women that could afford them. By the early 1940s it was estimated that hundreds of thousands of abortions were performed each year. During the 1950s and 1960s the issue of abortion was made more public than ever. “Between 1950 and 1955, for example, there
