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The Rise of the Anti-Abortion Movement in North Dakota and the Defeat of the 1972 Initiative to Liberalize State Abortion Laws

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 September 2021

NICHOLAS BAUROTH
NICHOLAS BAUROTH*
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North Dakota State University, USA
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Abstract

The 1972 abortion-initiative campaign in North Dakota provides an example where elites on one side of an issue were able to provide cues and get supporters to participate in an election while the other side was unable to do so. North Dakota Right to Life through the formation of branch chapters and its work with the Catholic churches became the focus of the anti-initiative campaign. Flush with resources, the NDRL made sure that its supporters turned out to such an extent that initiative voters outnumbered presidential voters in most counties. While the pro-initiative elements proved effective at getting the question on the ballot, they were unable to get their message out, let alone galvanize supporters. The result was confusion among potential supports and lower turnout rates in the most populous counties.

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abortionelectionsvoter mobilizationinterest groupspolitical partiesNorth Dakotainitiatives
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Journal of Policy History , Volume 33 , Issue 3 , July 2021 , pp. 256 - 286
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