Reddit reviews After Roe: The Lost History of the Abortion Debate

After Roe: The Lost History of the Abortion Debate by Mary Ziegler. It examines political and cultural responses to Roe vs. Wade from both the pro-life and pro-choice side. It also looks at how the ruling feminist and conservative movements, and how different groups used it as a tool to gain support. It's extremely in depth - Ziegler conducted a ton of interviews for it, on top of all the archival research.

Mary Ziegler is actually a law professor who focuses on family law and reproductive rights, but After Roe is easy for those outside of the legal field to follow (which I appreciate haha).

I just really enjoyed it because it really thoroughly explores the more subtle cultural reactions to Roe vs. Wade, and it's effect on both the micro and macro level instead of just focusing on its political consequences.

These are some good books that convinced me to go from pro-choice to pro-life. The first two are history books that demonstrate the universality of the pro-life movement as opposed to it often being relegated to being a conservative issue. The latter two are books that address major concerns held by pro-choice people. They're pretty academic and respectful of the other side.

• Defenders of the Unborn by Daniel K. Williams - a history of the pro-life movement before Roe, and its roots in the anti-war and progressive movements. Though it elaborates on the arguments the non-religious used to justify the preservation of the fetus. It's unfortunately a very neglected historiography and this book does a great job of chronicling the motivations driving and influences of the pro-life movement.
  
  
• After Roe by Mary Ziegler - a history of the pro-life movement after Roe.
  
  
• Defending Life by Francis Beckwith - A book with arguments for why abortion is wrong. The arguments are not at all rooted in religion and is accessible to most everyone.
  
  
• The Ethics of Abortion by Christopher Kaczor - Another great apologetics book on the morality of abortion.
  
  
  This Atlantic article article demonstrates how modern medical advances have given the pro-life movement new and important ground.
  
  If you'd like more resources, I'd be more than happy to supply more links to good resources online for pro-life arguments.