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On January 22, 1973, the movement to legalize abortion achieved its greatest
victory with the Roe v. Wade ruling. This paper will analyze the rise and continuation of
this movement over the course of the past forty years. Unlike other social movements, the
Pro-Choice movement as maintained it's power even after apparent victory was achieved.
Due to this, the abortion argument continues today and will probably continue into this
century and beyond.
The emergence of the Pro-Choice movement did not occur via the usual social
movement routes. Most social movements emerge from within established institutions,
with support from elites, or with origins that involved professional movement organizers.
The early Pro-Choice movement, however, emerged as a collection of concerned
physicians and professionals who wanted to help legalize abortion and keep it safe. In the
1950s and 1960s several published articles appeared that suggested needed reforms to the
abortion laws and......

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