No neutral ground? : abortion politics in an age of absolutes
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No neutral ground? : abortion politics in an age of absolutes
（Dilemmas in American politics）
Westview Press, 1996
- pbk.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 194-199) and index
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ISBN 9780813319452
Description
In her unique treatment of this complex subject, Karen OConnor builds on the history of abortion as a political issuehow it was first defined in the early 1800s and how it got on the political agendaand takes us through the tug-of-war development of abortion politics to the present, using the policy process framework. Examining key court cases, institutions, dramatic events, and opinions from the public to the Supreme Court, OConnor highlights the dilemma of how a polity attempts to make decisions about issues on which agreement or compromise is unlikely. She questions whether such divisive issues can ever be satisfactorily resolved, but gives us the tools to explore every avenue toward potential resolution. }In a single year, Dr. David Gunn was killed, Jane Roe recanted, the Supreme Court began to backpedal from its landmark 1973 decision, Congress became fixated on a rare late-term abortion procedure, and numerous states imposed legislation limiting a womans right to choose. It was a year of extremes for an issue that seems to know no middle ground, and it is the polarizing quality of abortion as a policymaking dilemma that No Neutral Ground? seeks to address.One of the most heated and often violent issues of our time, abortion continues to challenge leaders, citizens, and policymakers alike.
Is it a question of morality? Personal liberty? The right to privacy? Keeping the peace? What are the implications of the Supreme Courts rulings on abortion for future legislation? And what does it mean for every level of government when an issue defies consensus the way that abortion does?In her unique treatment of this complex subject, Karen OConnor builds on the history of abortion as a political issuehow it was first defined in the early 1800s and how it got on the political agendaand takes us through the tug-of-war development of abortion politics to the present, using the policy process framework. Examining key court cases, institutions, dramatic events, and opinions from the public to the Supreme Court, OConnor highlights the dilemma of how a polity attempts to make decisions about issues on which agreement or compromise is unlikely. She questions whether such divisive issues can ever be satisfactorily resolved, but gives us the tools to explore every avenue toward potential resolution. }
Table of Contents
- Abortion: The Search for a Neutral Ground
- Defining the Issue and Getting on the Public Agenda
- Abortion, the Constitution, and the Federal System
- The Aftermath of
- Roe
- and
- Doe
- {/IT
- The Politics of Abortion, 19801988
- The Politics of Abortion, 19881992
- The Clinton Years and Beyond: From Abortion
- Politics to Abortion Policy.
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pbk. ISBN 9780813319469
Description
In a single year, Dr. David Gunn was killed, Jane Roe recanted, the Supreme Court began to backpedal from its landmark 1973 decision, Congress became fixated on a rare late-term abortion procedure, and numerous states imposed legislation limiting a womans right to choose. It was a year of extremes for an issue that seems to know no middle ground, and it is the polarizing quality of abortion as a policymaking dilemma that No Neutral Ground? seeks to address. One of the most heated and often violent issues of our time, abortion continues to challenge leaders, citizens, and policymakers alike. Is it a question of morality? Personal liberty? The right to privacy? Keeping the peace? What are the implications of the Supreme Courts rulings on abortion for future legislation? And what does it mean for every level of government when an issue defies consensus the way that abortion does?In her unique treatment of this complex subject, Karen OConnor builds on the history of abortion as a political issuehow it was first defined in the early 1800s and how it got on the political agendaand takes us through the tug-of-war development of abortion politics to the present, using the policy process framework.
Examining key court cases, institutions, dramatic events, and opinions from the public to the Supreme Court, OConnor highlights the dilemma of how a polity attempts to make decisions about issues on which agreement or compromise is unlikely. She questions whether such divisive issues can ever be satisfactorily resolved, but gives us the tools to explore every avenue toward potential resolution.
Table of Contents
* Abortion: The Search for a Neutral Ground * Defining the Issue and Getting on the Public Agenda * Abortion, the Constitution, and the Federal System * The Aftermath of Roe and Doe * The Politics of Abortion, 19801988 * The Politics of Abortion, 19881992 * The Clinton Years and Beyond: From Abortion Politics to Abortion Policy
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