Abortion and the Politics of Motherhood

Informationen zum Autor Kristin Luker is Professor of Law and Sociology at the University of California Berkeley School of Law (Boalt Hall). She is also the author of Dubious Conceptions: The Politics of Teenage Pregnancy (1996) and, with Jean Fox O'Barr, Feminism in Action: Building Institutions and Community through Women's Studies (1994). Klappentext A study of the abortion controversy in the United States. It examines the issues, people, and beliefs on both sides of the abortion conflict. It draws data from public documents and newspaper accounts, as well as over two hundred interviews with both pro-life and pro-choice activists. Zusammenfassung A study of the abortion controversy in the United States. It examines the issues, people, and beliefs on both sides of the abortion conflict. It draws data from public documents and newspaper accounts, as well as over two hundred interviews with both pro-life and pro-choice activists. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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

Product details

• Authors: Luker, Kristin Luker, Luker Kristin
• Publisher: University Of California Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 04.08.1985
• EAN: 9780520055971
• ISBN: 978-0-520-05597-1
• No. of pages: 350
• Series: California Series on Social Choice and Political Economy; California Series on Social Ch; California Series on Social Choice and Political Economy
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Abortion & Birth Control, Ethical issues: abortion & birth control, Ethical issues: abortion and birth control