First Things RSS Feed - Paul F. Swope https://www.firstthings.com/author/paul-f-swope en-us Copyright 2025 First Things. All Rights Reserved. ft@firstthings.com (The Editors) ft@firstthings.com (The Editors) Mon, 20 Jan 2025 16:53:27 -0500 https://d2201k5v4hmrsv.cloudfront.net/img/favicon-196.png First Things RSS Feed Image https://www.firstthings.com/rss/author/paul-f-swope 60 Winning Hearts and Minds https://www.firstthings.com/article/1999/10/winning-hearts-and-minds https://www.firstthings.com/article/1999/10/winning-hearts-and-minds Fri, 01 Oct 1999 00:00:00 -0400 Speaking of Abortion: Television and Authority in the Lives of Women.
By Andrea L Press and Elizabeth R. Cole.
University of Chicago Press. 223 pp. $25.

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]]> Abortion: A Failure to Communicate https://www.firstthings.com/article/1998/04/abortion-a-failure-to-communicate https://www.firstthings.com/article/1998/04/abortion-a-failure-to-communicate Wed, 01 Apr 1998 00:00:00 -0500 For twenty-five years the pro-life movement has stood up to defend perhaps the most crucial principle in any civilized society, namely, the sanctity and value of every human life. However, neither the profundity and scale of the cause, nor the integrity of those who work to support it, necessarily translates into effective action. Recent research on the psychology of pro-choice women offers insight into why the pro-life movement has not been as effective as it might have been in persuading women to choose life; it also offers opportunities to improve dramatically the scope and influence of the pro-life message, particularly among women of childbearing age.

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