Abortion and the Politics of MotherhoodIn this important study of the abortion controversy in the United States, Kristin Luker examines the issues, people, and beliefs on both sides of the abortion conflict. She draws data from twenty years of public documents and newspaper accounts, as well as over two hundred interviews with both pro-life and pro-choice activists. She argues that moral positions on abortion are intimately tied to views on sexual behavior, the care of children, family life, technology, and the importance of the individual. |
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User Review - Angelic55blonde - LibraryThingThis is a great book about abortion. The author tried to be as even-handed as possible by using extensive interviews from both pro-life and pro-choice people. Ms. Luker also draws on many public ... Read full review
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definitely a good book ,it has a lot of relevant facts that lends to the issue in question. the book provides views of the phenomenon throughout time and that aids to the relevance and validity of information, it makes it measurable
Contents
Medicine and Morality in the Nineteenth Century | 11 |
The Century of Silence | 40 |
The Professionals Dilemma | 66 |
Women and the Right to Abortion | 92 |
The Emergence of the RighttoLife Movement | 126 |
World Views of the Activists | 158 |
Motherhood and Morality in America | 192 |
The Future of the Debate | 216 |
Methodology | 247 |
Notes | 263 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Abortion and the Politics of Motherhood California Series on Social Choice and Political Economy, ISSN 1051-032X |
| Author | Kristin Luker |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | University of California Press, 1984 |
| ISBN | 0520055977, 9780520055971 |
| Length | 324 pages |
| Subjects | › Social Science / Gender Studies |
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