Pro: Reclaiming Abortion Rights Contributor(s): Pollitt, Katha (Author) |
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ISBN: 1250072662 ISBN-13: 9781250072665 Publisher: Picador USA OUR PRICE: $20.70 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 2015 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Abortion & Birth Control - Social Science | Women's Studies |
Dewey: 363.460 |
Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.4" W x 8.2" (0.50 lbs) 288 pages |
Themes: - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
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Publisher Description: A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR 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. |
Contributor Bio(s): Pollitt, Katha: - Katha Pollitt, the author of Virginity or Death!, is a poet, essayist, and columnist for The Nation. She has won many prizes and awards for her work, including the National Book Critics Circle Award for her first collection of poems, Antarctic Traveller, and two National Magazine Awards for essays and criticism. She lives in New York City. |