Abortion wars : a half century of struggle, 1950-2000

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Abortion wars : a half century of struggle, 1950-2000

edited by Rickie Solinger

University of California Press, c1998

  • : hbk
  • : pbk

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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: hbk ISBN 9780520202566

内容説明

In the past half century, we have moved from criminalization of abortion to legalization, although unequal access to services and violent protests continue to tear American society apart. In this provocative volume, a passionate and diverse group of abortion rights proponents journalists, scholars, activists, lawyers, physicians, and philosophers chronicles the evolution of one of the most intensely debated issues of our time. Unique in its attention to so many aspects of the debate, Abortion Wars places key issues such as medical practice, activism, legal strategies, and the meaning of choice in the deeply complex historical context of the past half-century. Taking the reader into the trenches of the battle over abortion rights, the contributors zero in on the key moments and turning points of this ongoing war. Rickie Solinger and Laura Kaplan discuss the covert history of abortion before Roe v. Wade, including the activities of the abortion providers called Jane. Faye Ginsburg examines the recent rise of anti-abortion militancy and its ties to the religious right. Jane Hodgson reflects on her career as a physician and abortion practitioner before abortion was legal, and Alison Jaggar explores the changing theoretical underpinnings of abortion rights activism. Other essays stress the need to redefine the reproductive rights movement so that race and class as well as gender considerations are at its core and raise questions regarding abortion rights for poor women and women of color. Taken together, the historical and interdisciplinary perspectives collected here yield a complex picture of what has been at stake in abortion politics during the past fifty years. The essays clarify why so many women consider abortion crucial to their lives and why opposition to abortion rights has become so violent today. The essays illuminate a fundamental lesson about the nature of social change in the United States: that judicial decisions that overturn restrictive laws and establish new rights do not settle social policy and, in fact, are likely to spark severe and long-lasting resistance.
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: pbk ISBN 9780520209527

内容説明

In the past half century, we have moved from criminalization of abortion to legalization, although unequal access to services and violent protests continue to tear American society apart. In this provocative volume, a passionate and diverse group of abortion rights proponents - journalists, scholars, activists, lawyers, physicians, and philosophers - chronicles the evolution of one of the most intensely debated issues of our time. Unique in its attention to so many aspects of the debate, "Abortion Wars" places key issues such as medical practice, activism, legal strategies, and the meaning of choice in the deeply complex historical context of the past half-century. Taking the reader into the trenches of the battle over abortion rights, the contributors zero in on the key moments and turning points of this ongoing war. Rickie Solinger and Laura Kaplan discuss the covert history of abortion before Roe v. Wade, including the activities of the abortion providers called Jane. Faye Ginsburg examines the recent rise of anti-abortion militancy and its ties to the religious right. Jane Hodgson reflects on her career as a physician and abortion practitioner before abortion was legal, and Alison Jaggar explores the changing theoretical underpinnings of abortion rights activism. Other essays stress the need to redefine the reproductive rights movement so that race and class as well as gender considerations are at its core and raise questions regarding abortion rights for poor women and women of color. Taken together, the historical and interdisciplinary perspectives collected here yield a complex picture of what has been at stake in abortion politics during the past fifty years. The essays clarify why so many women consider abortion crucial to their lives and why opposition to abortion rights has become so violent today. The essays illuminate a fundamental lesson about the nature of social change in the United States: that judicial decisions that overturn restrictive laws and establish new rights do not settle social policy and, in fact, are likely to spark severe and long-lasting resistance.

目次

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 Index

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