Battle for Birth Control - Exploring the Lasting Consequences of the Movement''s Early Rhetoric

The Battle for Birth Control dissects the rhetorical tactics utilized by the movement in its formative years to execute a strategy of political accommodation and traces the reverberations of these tactics in contemporary American discourses surrounding contraception specifically and reproductive politics more generally.

List of contents

Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter One: The Battle for Leadership
Chapter Two: Save the Mothers
Chapter Three: Think of the Children
Chapter Four: Responsible People, Responsible Parents
Chapter Five: Alliances and Accommodation
Chapter Six: Contraception in the Courts
Chapter Seven: Putting Birth Control on the Agenda
Bibliography
About the Author

About the author

By Jessica L. Furgerson

Summary

The Battle for Birth Control dissects the rhetorical tactics utilized by the movement in its formative years to execute a strategy of political accommodation and traces the reverberations of these tactics in contemporary American discourses surrounding contraception specifically and reproductive politics more generally.

Product details

• Authors: Jessica L. Furgerson
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.09.2023
• EAN: 9781793643261
• ISBN: 978-1-79364-326-1
• No. of pages: 358
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > General, dictionaries; USA, POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Communication Studies, Politics & government, Communication Studies, United States of America, USA, Politics and government, Gender studies: women, Gender studies: women and girls