About the book
Abortion is — and always has been — an arena for contesting power relations between women and men. When in 1973 the Supreme Court made the procedure legal throughout the United States, it seemed that women were at last able to make decisions about their own bodies. In the four decades that followed, however, abortion became ever more politicized and stigmatized. Abortion after Roe chronicles and analyzes what the new legal status and changing political environment have meant for abortion providers and their patients. Johanna Schoen sheds light on the little-studied experience of performing and receiving abortion care from the 1970s — a period of optimism — to the rise of the antiabortion movement and the escalation of antiabortion tactics in the 1980s to the 1990s and beyond, when violent attacks on clinics and abortion providers led to a new articulation of abortion care as moral work. As Schoen demonstrates, more than four decades after the legalization of abortion, the abortion provider community has powerfully asserted that abortion care is a moral good.
Editions of Abortion after Roe
- Hardcover
- ISBN 9781469621180
- Paperback
- ISBN 9781469636016
- EBook
- ISBN 9781469623344
- EBook
- ISBN 9781469621197
- EBook
- ISBN 9798890886057
- PDF
- ISBN 9798890886040
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Abortion is — and always has been — an arena for contesting power relations between women and men. When in 1973 the Supreme Court made the procedure legal throughout the United States, it seemed that women were at last able to make decisions about their own bodies. In the four decades that followed, however, abortion became ever more politicized and stigmatized. Abortion after Roe chronicles and analyzes what the new legal status and changing political environment have meant for abortion providers and their patients. Johanna Schoen sheds light on the little-studied experience of performing and receiving abortion care from the 1970s — a period of optimism — to the rise of the antiabortion movement and the escalation of antiabortion tactics in the 1980s to the 1990s and beyond, when violent attacks on clinics and abortion providers led to a new articulation of abortion care as moral work. As Schoen demonstrates, more than four decades after the legalization of abortion, the abortion provider community has powerfully asserted that abortion care is a moral good.
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What is Abortion after Roe about?
Abortion is — and always has been — an arena for contesting power relations between women and men. When in 1973 the Supreme Court made the procedure legal throughout the United States, it seemed that women were at last able to make decisions about their own bodies. In the four decades that followed, however, abortion became ever more politicized and stigmatized. Abortion after Roe chronicles and analyzes what the new legal status and changing political environment have meant for abortion providers and their patients. Johanna Schoen sheds light on the little-studied experience of performing and receiving abortion care from the 1970s — a period of optimism — to the rise of the antiabortion movement and the escalation of antiabortion tactics in the 1980s to the 1990s and beyond, when violent attacks on clinics and abortion providers led to a new articulation of abortion care as moral work. As Schoen demonstrates, more than four decades after the legalization of abortion, the abortion provider community has powerfully asserted that abortion care is a moral good.
What core themes, tropes, or subjects are explored in Abortion after Roe?
Society and Social Sciences > Society and culture: general > Social and ethical issues > Ethical issues, topics and debates > Ethical issues, topics and debates: reproductive health, abortion and birth control
Where can I read a sample of Abortion after Roe?
You can read an official preview of the few pages here https://www.book2look.com/book/9781469621180
How long is Abortion after Roe and how many pages does it have?
Abortion after Roe has 352 page(s)
Is Abortion after Roe part of a series, and can it be read as a standalone?
Yes it is a part of series Studies in Social Medicine
Who is/are the Author/s of the book Abortion after Roe?
Johanna Schoen
What are the ISBN numbers for the physical and digital editions?
Abortion after Roe is available as hardcover(ISBN 9781469621180) and paperback(ISBN 9781469636016) and ebook(ISBN 9781469623344) and ebook(ISBN 9781469621197) and ebook(ISBN 9798890886057) and pdf(ISBN 9798890886040)
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