Abortion and the Politics of Motherhood.
Title:
Abortion and the Politics of Motherhood.
Author:
Luker, Kristin.
ISBN:
9780520907928
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Edition:
1st ed.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (342 pages)
Series:
California Series on Social Choice and Political Economy ; v.3
California Series on Social Choice and Political Economy
Contents:
Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Medicine and Morality in the Nineteenth Century -- 3 The Century of Silence -- 4 Abortion Reform: The Professionals' Dilemma -- 5 Women and the Right to Abortion -- 6 The Emergence of the Right-to-Life Movement -- 7 World Views of the Activists -- 8 Motherhood and Morality in America -- 9 The Future of the Debate -- Appendix 1: Methodology -- Appendix 2: Tables -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.
Abstract:
In this important study of the abortion controversy in the United States, Kristin Luker examines the issues, people, and beliefs on both sides of the abortion conflict. She draws data from twenty years of public documents and newspaper accounts, as well as over two hundred interviews with both pro-life and pro-choice activists. She argues that moral positions on abortion are intimately tied to views on sexual behavior, the care of children, family life, technology, and the importance of the individual.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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