Abortion and the politics of motherhood /

This study of the abortion controversy in the United States argues that moral positions on abortion are intimately tied to views on sexual behaviour, the care of children, family life, technology, and the importance of the individual.

Bibliografische gegevens
Hoofdauteur: Luker, Kristin
Formaat: Licensed eBooks
Taal:Engels
Gepubliceerd in: Berkeley : University of California Press c1984.
Reeks:California series on social choice and political economy.
Online toegang:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1525/j.ctt1ppck8
Inhoudsopgave:
  • Medicine and morality in the nineteenth century
  • The century of silence
  • Abortion reform: the professional's dilemma
  • Women and the right to abortion
  • The emergence of the right-to-life movement
  • World views of the activists
  • Motherhood and morality in America
  • The future of the debate.