I was there in '83 when the consistent life ethic was trying to gain traction. Suffice to say there were few takers in the RTL groups--especially concerning the issues of capital punishment, war, and poverty. There was a small group of people in England who embraced it and a few US groups, but demonizing feminists, the sexual revolution, and the early gay movement proved much more palatable to the rank and file. They were more fired up by a perceived breakdown in the moral order centred around the roles of males and females than an erosion for respect for life (euthanasia being the possible exception). Economic inequality and war were big disconnects  . . . in the US, they never drew the dotted line between the crappy schools and the food stamps and the decision to terminate, and assailed abortion as a symptom of sex-without-consequences. The woman was also on trial, not the government machinery that had the power to lift her up. A comeback would be interesting to watch.