# The Birth of Anti-abortionism as a Religious Issue in America

- Institution: Gresham College
- Speaker: Professor Alec Ryrie FBA
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Society and politics, History, Religion
- Source: [Gresham College](https://www.gresham.ac.uk/watch-now/birth-anti-abortionism-religious-issue-america)
- Licence: [Educational use (Gresham College's terms)](https://www.gresham.ac.uk/terms-and-conditions)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

In 1973, with a Supreme Court decision abortion was legalised throughout the United States. As the meaning of that decision sunk in, Christians of all political persuasions discovered in themselves an apparently intuitive moral revulsion at it, despite the lack of direct Biblical guidance on the issue.

## Lectures

1. [The Birth of Anti-abortionism as a Religious Issue in America](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/gresham/birth-anti-abortionism-religious-issue-america/b634341f991d) (YouTube)