| Edition |
First Picador paperback edition. |
| Description |
264 pages ; 21 cm |
| Note |
"With a new afterword"--Cover |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-264). |
| Contents |
A note on language -- Reclaiming abortion -- What do Americans think about abortion? -- What is a person? -- Are women people? -- Six myths about abortion -- What do abortion opponents really oppose? (Hint: It's not just abortion) -- Can there be a compromise on abortion? -- Reframing motherhood -- Afterword to the 2015 edition. |
| Summary |
"Forty years after the landmark Roe v. Wade ruling, "abortion" is still a word that is said with outright hostility or vague discomfort by many, this despite the fact that one in three American women will have terminated at least one pregnancy by the time they reach menopause. Even those who support a woman's right to terminate her pregnancy often qualify their support by saying abortion is a "bad thing," an "agonizing decision," thereby placing the medical procedure on a pedestal so remote and radioactive that it takes it out of the world of the everyday, turning an act that is often necessary, and often welcomed, into something shameful and secretive. Meanwhile with each passing day the rights upheld by the Supreme Court are being systematically eroded by state laws designed to end abortion outright. In this controversial and necessary book, Katha Pollitt reframes abortion as a common part of a woman's reproductive life, one that should be accepted as a moral right with positive social implications. In clear, concise arguments, Pollitt takes on the personhood argument, reaffirms the priority of a woman's life and health, and discusses why terminating a pregnancy can be a force for good for women, families, and society. By whole-heartedly defending abortion rights, Pollitt argues, we reclaim the lives and the rights of women and mothers, "--Back cover |
| Subject |
Abortion -- United States.
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Abortion -- United States -- Public opinion.
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Abortion -- Government policy -- United States.
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Reproductive rights -- United States.
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Reproductive rights (OCoLC)fst01745961
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Abortion. (OCoLC)fst00794582
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Abortion -- Government policy.
(OCoLC)fst00794593
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Abortion -- Public opinion.
(OCoLC)fst00794615
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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| Added Title |
Reclaiming abortion rights |
| ISBN |
9781250072665 (paperback) |
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1250072662 (paperback) |
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9780312620547 |
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0312620543 |
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