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Informationen zum Autor Rickie Solinger is the author of The Abortionist: A Woman Against the Law (California! 1996) and Wake Up Little Susie: Single Pregnancy and Race before Roe v. Wade (1992). Klappentext Taking the reader into the trenches of the battle over abortion rights! contributors zero in on the key moments and turning points of this ongoing war. ABORTION WARS places critical issues such as medical practice! activism! legal strategies! and the meaning of choice in the deeply complex historical context of the past half-century. Zusammenfassung Places key issues such as medical practice, activism, legal strategies, and the meaning of choice in the complex historical context. Taking the reader into the trenches of the battle over abortion rights, this title discusses the key moments and turning points of this ongoing war. It discusses the covert history of abortion before Roe v Wade. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments Chronology of Abortion Politics Introduction: Abortion Politics and History Rickie Solinger Part One COERCION, RESISTANCE, AND LIBERATION BEFORE ROE V. WADE I Pregnancy and Power before Roe v. Wade, 1950-1970 Rickie Solinger 2 Beyond Safe and Legal: The Lessons of Jane Laura Kaplan 3 Women versus Connecticut: Conducting a Statewide Hearing on Abortion Amy Kesselman Part Two STRATEGIC ARENAS 4 The Rule of Law, the Rise of Violence, and the Role of Morality: Reframing America's Abortion Debate Marcy J. Wilder 5 Legal Strategies for Abortion Rights in the Twenty-first Century Kathryn Kolbert and Andrea Miller 6 Electoral Politics and Abortion: Narrowing the Message William Saletan 7 Punishing Drug Addicts Who Have Babies: Women of Color, Equality, and the Right of Privacy Dorothy E. Roberts Part Three ACTIVISM 8 African-American Women and Abortion Loretta J. Ross 9 Abortion in the United States—Legal But Inaccessible Marlene Gerber Fried 10 Rescuing the Nation: Operation Rescue and the Rise of Anti-Abortion Militance Faye Ginsburg Toward Coalition: The Reproductive Health Technologies Project Marie Bass Part Four PHYSICIANS AND THE POLITICS OF PROVISION 12 "We Called It Kindness": Establishing a Feminist Abortion Practice Elizabeth Karlin 13 The Twentieth-Century Gender Battle: Difficulties in Perception Jane E. Hodgson 14 Life on the Front Lines Warren M. Hern 15 The Crisis in Abortion Provision and Pro-Choice Medical Activism in the 199os Carole Joffe, Patricia Anderson, and Jody Steinauer Part Five REINTERPRETING ABORTION RIGHTS OVER TIME 16 Regendering the U.S. Abortion Debate Alison M. Jaggar 17 Psychologies of Abortion: Implications of a Changing Context Sharon Gold-Steinberg and Abigail J. Stewart 18 Disability Rights and Selective Abortion Marsha Saxton Contributors ...
