Many anti-abortion activists before Roe were liberals who were inspired by 20th-century Catholic social teaching

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Many anti-abortion activists before Roe were liberals who were inspired by 20th-century Catholic social teaching

A 1973 photo shows an estimated 5,000 people, women and men, marching around the Minnesota Capitol building protesting the U.S. Supreme Court's Roe v. Wade decision.AP PhotoThe Supreme Court decision reversing Roe v. Wade’s protection for abortion rights was a predictably partisan ruling. All of the justices appointed by Republican presidents voted to uphold the Mississippi law restricting abortion, while all three appointed by Democratic presid…