Pro : reclaiming abortion rights
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Published
New York : Picador, [2014].
Status
Central Library - Nonfiction - 2nd Floor
363.46 P
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363.46 P
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Published
New York : Picador, [2014].
Format
Book
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258 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
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Forty years after the landmark Roe v. Wade ruling, "abortion" is still a word that is said with outright hostility by many, despite the fact that one in three American women will have terminated at least one pregnancy by menopause. Even those who support a woman's right to an abortion often qualify their support by saying abortion is a "bad thing," an "agonizing decision," making the medical procedure so remote and radioactive that it takes it out of the world of the everyday, turning an act that is normal and necessary 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 urgent, controversial 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 Pro , 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. It is time, Pollitt argues, that we reclaim the lives and the rights of women and mothers.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Pollitt, K. (2014). Pro: reclaiming abortion rights (First edition.). Picador.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Pollitt, Katha. 2014. Pro: Reclaiming Abortion Rights. Picador.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Pollitt, Katha. Pro: Reclaiming Abortion Rights Picador, 2014.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Pollitt, Katha. Pro: Reclaiming Abortion Rights First edition., Picador, 2014.
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