How successful were the Religious Right in achieving their aims 1981 to 1992? Flashcards
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P2
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YES- ABORTION
NO- HOMOSEXUALITY/ aids
NO- DRUG USE
P1 EVIDENCE
RR ACTIONS -key individuals in the campaign against abortion- Phyllis Schlafly, Beverley LaHaye, and Operation Rescue
Response to campaigns fro Bush and Reagan
who was Phyllis Schlafly?
a Catholic Republican
supporter from the state of Illinois.
‘Sweetheart of the Silent Majority’,
Schafly led a campaign against what and who did she have support from
Roe vs Wade decision, with the support of the Roman Catholic Church.
what success happened as a result of schalfyys activity and how many supporters?
National Right to Life Committee
1980- 11 million supporters from a wide variety of religious denominations.
traditional values were also supported by who
conservative Protestants.
who formed the Concerned Women for America (CWA) and women?
1979, Beverley LaHaye,wife of a
Baptist minister from San Diego, southern California,
what did the cwa oppose ?
abortion
-fault divorce laws.
Equal Rights Amendment (ERA)
both Schlafly and LaHaye regarded what anti-family.
Equal Rights Amendment (ERA)
by the mind 1980’s the CWA had how many members
500,000
larger than the National Organization of Women, the foremost
force in the women’s movement.
operation rescue was inspired by what
civil rights movement
when was operation rescue?
1987
who joined the the militant organisation Operation Rescue.?
anti-abortion
activists
what was the slogan of operation rescue?
‘If you believe abortion is murder,
act like its murder.’
what did operation rescue set up across the nation?
Regional branches were set up across the nation.
were operation resuce peaceful?
initially peaceful-peaceful sit-ins to block access to abortion clinics- ny
illegal activities such as trespassing
when did operation rescue gain nationwide attention?
during the 1988 Democratic National Convention in Atlanta, Georgia,
during 1988-9 how many operation rescue members were arrested and jailed
50,000
what was regans response to the abortion campaigns?
persuaded congress
outlaw Medicare and Medicaid-funded abortions for poor women.
chasity clinincs = avoid sex
Bush changed his stance on what during what elcetion
abortion
1988
Bush had previusly been pro what
pro choice
now- ‘abortion is murder’.
what from who resulted in Supreme Court rulings that hindered abortions?
Reagan’s judicial appointments had a long term impact
Webster v Reproductive Services of Missouri (1989),
who was appointed by regan who said ‘Nothing in the Constitution requires states to enter or remain in the business of performing abortions?
Chief Justice Rehnquist
how many states denied women access to public abortion facilites?
3
P2 evidence
s opposition to homosexuality was fuelled by the rise of AIDS- ‘gay plague’
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