Contested Lives The Abortion Debate in an American Community, Updated Edition

Name: Contested Lives The Abortion Debate in an American Community, Updated Edition
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ISBN: 9780520217355

ISBN-10: 0520217357

ISBN-13: 9780520217355

Edition: 2nd 1998

Authors: Faye D. Ginsburg

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Based on the struggle over a Fargo, North Dakota, abortion clinic, Contested Lives explores one of the central social conflicts of our time. Both wide-ranging and rich in detail, it speaks not simply to the abortion issue but also to the critical role of women's political activism. A new introduction addresses the events of the last decade, which saw the emergence of Operation Rescue and a shift toward more violent, even deadly, forms of anti-abortion protest. Responses to this trend included government legislation, a decline in clinics and doctors offering abortion services, and also the formation of Common Ground, an alliance bringing together activists from both sides to address shared…

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List price: $31.95
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 1998
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication date: 9/1/1998
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 359
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.90" tall
Weight: 1.100
Language: English



Introduction to the Updated Edition


Preface


Acknowledgments



Introduction



Abortion and the American Body Politic



From the Physicians' Campaign to Roe v. Wade



The Rise of the Right-to-Life Movement



The Abortion Controversy in a Grass-roots Setting



The First Phase of Conflict



The Clinic Conflict



Interpretive Battlegrounds



Angles of Incidence, Angles of Reflection



"Procreation Stories"



Interpreting Life Stories



The Pro-Choice Narratives



The Pro-Life Narratives



Reconstructing Gender in America



La Longue Duree



Conclusion


Epilogue: Pro-Dialogue


Appendix: Female Moral Reform Movements in America


Notes


Bibliography


Index