They contested the 1997 general election, bringing about litigation against the BBC over the latter's refusal to screen the PLA's party political broadcast.
[3] In England and Wales, the PLA gained over 1% of the vote in only five constituencies: Billericay, Leyton and Wanstead, Solihull, Manchester Withington, and Doncaster Central.
[3] The sociologist Steve Bruce suggested that the decline in the Scottish vote may have been because voters were "too excited" by the restoration of their parliament after 292 years to "be interested in apparently fringe issues" such as abortion.
[8] A few months later, in December 2004, the PLA disbanded as a political party and did not contest any seats in the 2005 general election.
[9] In 2003, the Department of Health significantly reduced the statistical information it provided about abortions for suspected foetal abnormalities.
[11] The Department first planned to appeal to the High Court,[12] but subsequently conceded and made the requested information available in July 2011.
The sociologist Steve Bruce was of the view that the Pro-Life Alliance's inability to achieve political success reflected the "relative unpopularity of abortion as an election issue" in the United Kingdom.