The pro-life movement stands at the threshold of a new era. If the draft opinion in the Dobbs case holds, Americans will have a new debate on abortion policy with the potential to save millions of lives. I hope it also sparks a rebirth of authentic feminism.

As the leader of a pro-life organization that honors the legacy of Susan B. Anthony and the pioneers of women’s rights, I am often asked how we know those remarkable women were pro-life.

To start, Anthony’s Quaker ethic was grounded in nonviolence and the equality of men and women. As Carol Crossed, founder of the Susan B. Anthony Birthplace Museum, and family descendant Eric Anthony wrote in 2017, “the unifying theme of Susan Brownell Anthony’s life was to speak up for those without a voice. Anthony fought for temperance, the abolition of slavery and especially the enfranchisement of women. She also spoke up for the voiceless child in utero, opposing Restellism, the term that Anthony’s newspaper and others at that time used for abortion.”

“Madame Restell” was a notorious figure—a wealthy seller of abortion-inducing drugs who was frequently in court defending her actions. Smithsonian Magazine notes, “Restell counted on clients returning for surgical abortions if the abortifacients failed—$20 for poor women, $100 for the rich.” Some things haven’t changed: the modern abortion industry pushes mail-order abortion drugs with no in-person medical oversight and coaches women to say they miscarried if they end up in the emergency room, putting them at increased risk of being admitted for surgery.