I actually remember what made me pro-life. I read Anais Nin's diaries. I was repulsed by her attitude towards her stillborn child (whose abortion was drug-induced). It was chilling. My mind reacted violently against it.
How eerie you mention the Anais Nin diaries!
I just took out Volume Four on a whim today while browsing at the library.
First time I have ever read anything by her.
I remember my turning point also.
The Fla. legislature was holding hearings on the subject.
The hearings were being broadcast on Public TV. I was watching the session.
A nurse testified some of the horrors , live 'births', dumping the fetus in waste pails to go out with the garbage, that kind of horror.
It turned my stomach and mind.