Abortion Regret: The New Attack on Reproductive Freedom Contributor(s): Ehrlich, J. Shoshanna (Author), Doan, Alesha (Author) |
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ISBN: 1440839840 ISBN-13: 9781440839849 Publisher: Praeger OUR PRICE: $54.45 Product Type: Hardcover Published: February 2019 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Abortion & Birth Control - Political Science | Public Policy - Social Policy - Social Science | Women's Studies |
Dewey: 362.198 |
LCCN: 2018054241 |
Physical Information: 0.8" H x 6.3" W x 9.3" (1.20 lbs) 232 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Abortion Regret explores the emergence and consolidation of the antiabortion movement's paternalistic efforts to protect women from abortion regret. It begins by examining the 19th-century physician's campaign to criminalize abortion and traces the contours of the women-protective abortion regret narrative through to the 21st century. Based on interviews, textual analysis of primary sources, and a content analysis of state antiabortion policy from 2010-2015, the authors argue that the contemporary rise of the abortion regret narrative has armed the antiabortion movement with a unifying and compelling strategy to oppose abortion through a woman-centered approach. In addition to covering the historical origins of our nation's criminal abortion laws, the book covers topics that include the origins and growth of crisis pregnancy centers, including recent efforts provide perinatal hospice services; an analysis of leading Supreme Court decisions on abortion; the emergence of the pro-woman/pro-life antiabortion platform, including its deeply religious roots; the infiltration of this position into the political and legal spheres in the guise of a secular rationale for limiting access to abortion; and an evidence-based rejoinder to the position that abortion harms women. |