Without Apology - Writings on Abortion in Canada

Shannon Stettner is a post-doctoral visitor in theDepartment of Political Science at York University and teaches in theDepartment of Women¿s Studies at the University of Waterloo. Sheis the co-founder of the Reproductive Activism and Abortion ResearchNetwork.

List of contents

Introduction: Without Apology / Shannon Stettner

1 Abortion in Canada: A History / Shannon Stettner



Part I Speaking from Experience

2 Giving Voice to the Unspeakable / Judith Mintz

3 T.A. / Clarissa Hurley

4 But I Kept All These Things, and Pondered Them in My Heart / JessWoolford

5 Keep It Small / Evey Hornbeck

6 A Bad Law and a Bold Woman / Bernadette Wagner

7 I Don't Blame the Abortion / Rebecca

8 [untitled] / Mackenzie



Part II Abortion Rights Activism

9 The Ontario Coalition for Abortion Clinics: Reproductive Freedomand the Campaign to Overturn the Federal Abortion Law / Carolyn Eganand Linda Gardner

10 The Radical Handmaids and Stephen Harper's War on Women,Battleground 2012: Reopening the Abortion Debate / Aalya Ahmad /Radical Handmaids

11 Arts4choice.com / Martha Solomon

12 "We Can Get There Faster If We All Move Together": TheBirth of a Reproductive Justice Academic Activist / ColleenMacQuarrie

13 We Need to See Change: One Woman's Motivations for PushingWaves on Prince Edward Island / Sadie Roberts

14 Pro-Choice Organizing on Canadian University Campuses: Unpackingthe Debate over Free Speech Versus Hate Speech / Kelly Holloway



Part III Challenging Opposing Positions

15 Blinded by the Right: My Past as an Anti-abortion Activist /Natalie Lochwin

16 One Woman's Evolving View of Abortion / Tracey L.Anderson

17 Pro-Choice for God's Sake / Shannon Pinkney

18 Abortion Commentary / Laura Wershler

19 Pro-abortion and Proud: Exploring Alternative ReproductiveJustice Labels / Laura Gillespie

20 Same as It Ever Was: Anti-Choice Extremism and the "ThirdWay" / Jane Cawthorne

21 Women over Ideology / Nick Van der Graaf



Part IV Practitioners and Clinic Support

22 Lessons from Life in Abortion Care / Peggy Cooke

23 "Do you think I will go to hell for this?" / RuthMiller

24 The Counsellor's Voice / Erin Mullan

25 Empathy: Whose Choice Is OK? / Ellen Wiebe

26 Therapeutic Abortion / Sterling Haynes

27 "I am proud to provide abortions" / Evan James



Part V Sites of Struggle

28 The Choice Between Rights and Revolution / Karen Stote

29 Sex Selection Abortions: The Politics of Race in MulticulturalCanada / Bindy Kang

30 The Public Pregnancy: How the Fetal Debut and the Public HealthParadigm Affect Pregnancy Practice / Jen Rinaldi

31 A Harm-Reduction Approach to Abortion / Shannon Dea



The Unfinished Revolution / Shannon Stettner

About the author

Edited by Shannon Stettner

Product details

• Authors: Shannon (EDT) Stettner
• Assisted by: Shannon Stettner (Editor)
• Publisher: University Of British Columbia
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.04.2016
• EAN: 9781771991599
• ISBN: 978-1-77199-159-9
• Subjects: Guides > Health; Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries