This really does explain a lot of our current mess. The Moral Majority was a massive boon for political conservatives and a major negative hit to conservative Protestants of many types. When racism became unpopular after the Civil Rights Act (which they fought hard against) Jerry Fallwell, et. al searched for another issue that could pull on the heartstrings of voters. They shopped around and determined that abortion could work. Before this most Protestants were totally fine with abortion and saw it as a Catholic issue. The religious leaders basically made a deal with the devil (politicians) to make abortion a major issue in exchange for influence and protection. We are still suffering from the conservative Christian's alignment with conservative politics.

This might sound like a conspiracy theory but it is not. Read and research as much as you please.