Back in the 1970s, when women in the US and Europe began fighting for "reproductive autonomy," the socially and politically influential Catholic Church entered the debate right at the start. The Church positioned itself as speaking "for the rights of the unborn child," providing an organized anti-abortion force. This brought abortion into the realm of public debate, and the "right to choose" became a political issue.
七○年代當歐美女性開始爭取所謂身體自主權，在政治、社會上舉足輕重的天主教，早已介入此一議題，教會為胎兒生命權說話，形成了一個有組織的反墮胎力量，使墮胎成為一個公共討論的領域，墮胎權更成為一種「生命政治」。