Jerry Falwell became an active Evangelical political leader - in the late 1970s, they founded the Moral Majority which viewed abortion and homosexuality as threat to American culture.
The Rights Turn in Conservative Christian Politics: How Abortion Transformed the Culture Wars - Andrew R. Lewis, Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Cincinnati
Antony Comstock was a Civil War veteran and Protestant with strong ties to the Young Men’s Christian Association.
Anthony Comstock Biography by The Smithsonian National Postal Museum
Anthony Comstock’s Influence - Case Western Reserve University
The Comstock Act of 1873 - Middle Tennessee State University
Margaret Sanger was a signature leader of the birth control movement.
Read this Biographical Sketch by The Margaret Sanger Papers Project - a historical editing project initially sponsored by the Department of History and then by the Division of Libraries at New York University. Dr. Esther Katz developed the project in 1985 to “locate, arrange, edit, research, and publish the papers of the noted birth control pioneer.”
Planned Parenthood released these Opposition Claims to address disputed beliefs Sanger held. While she played an important role in advocating for birth control access, she also promoted “…beliefs, practices, and associations that we acknowledge and denounce, and that we work to rectify today.”
Selected Writings by The Margaret Sanger Papers Project (NYU)