The pro-life movement has been transformed from an unambiguously conservative force into something more complex.

In the thirty-nine years since the Supreme Court decided Roe v. Wade, pollsters have asked hundreds of questions about abortion. This AEI Public Opinion Study brings many of those questions together in one place.

At the recent GOP debate in Iowa, Gingrich defended his pro-life record, declaring, “I believe that life begins at conception” and stating that embryos at fertility clinics “should be considered life because by definition they’ve been conceived. I am against any kind of experimentation on embryos. And I think my position on life has been very clear and very consistent.” No, it hasn't.

A conservative establishment is useless if it doesn't bring the nation with it. The frustration on the right stems from the fact that none of the candidates seems up to that task.

Since Roe v. Wade, pollsters have asked hundreds of questions about abortion. This public opinion study brings many of those questions together in one place.

Why does Mitt Romney sound so corny? It seems to me that Romney missed one experience which changed the outlook and even the vocabulary of most of his schoolmates. This is a man who never experienced the '60s. You know what I mean: peace demonstrations, dope smoking, ironic detachment, all that.

Though their views on abortion are clear and stable, Americans remain deeply ambivalent about abortion and have pulled away from the debate.

The humanity of unborn babies will define the country's continuing abortion debate for the next several years.