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This article is from the Conservatism FAQ, by Jim Kalb kalb@aya.yale.edu with numerous contributions by others.

Where do the pro-life movement and religious right fit into all this?

Like conservatism, both movements reject hedonism and radical
individual autonomy and emphasize the authority of
traditionally-based institutions like the family and religion in
opposition to that of the modern managerial state. Their general
goals can usually be supported on conservative principles, but they
tend to base their claims on principles of natural law or revelation
that are sometimes handled in an antitraditional way. As popular
movements in an antitraditional public order they often adopt
non-conservative styles of reasoning and rhetoric. Thus, these
movements have strong conservative elements but are not purely
conservative. It should be noted, however, that pure conservatism is
rare or nonexistent and may not even be coherent; the point of
conservatism is always some good other than maintenance of tradition
as such.