Safe, Legal, and Unavailable? Abortion Politics in the United StatesSAGE Publications, 2007 - 235 páginas The Supreme Court’s 1973 decision in Roe v. Wade legalized abortion. Yet while the medical procedure is legal—and safe—many women across the country do not have the ability to exercise this reproductive right. Melody Rose examines abortion as a social regulatory policy, thoughtfully and thoroughly chronicling the erosion of abortion rights and availability since Roe. Paying respect to all views of this controversial topic in her engaging new book, Rose explores the success of the right-to-life movement in accumulating local and national policies that restrict access to abortion while enhancing fetal protections. In addition to a basic and brief primer on the practice and history of abortion, Rose considers the roles played by the courts, political parties, and interest groups in constructing barriers to abortion. With an examination of public opinion poll data and a look at both state and national statutory prohibitions on abortion, Rose also shows how powerful language wars have resulted in material policy alterations. Chapter-opening vignettes and vivid storytelling make this brief and topical supplement a good read that is sure to get your students thinking critically about this highly charged topic. As well, the author has augmented chapters with further reading suggestions and provocative discussion questions that invite insightful discussion and analysis. |
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... Democratic disunity . In their 1984 and 1988 platforms , the Democrats had announced their desire to protect access to abortion for low - income women . Still , in the 1988 House final floor vote , 90 Democrats joined 126 Republicans to ...
... Democratic defec- tions from their party's platform . Were there simply fewer Democrats in the House by 1995 , as Republicans had gained control of that body through the 1994 elec- tion ? Were the Democrats in the House at that time ...
... Democrats 201 36 0 19 79 Parental Republicans 209 14 4 92 Notification Bill of 1998 Democrats 67 135 0 4 66 Partial Birth Republicans 208 9 0 4 94 Abortion Ban Act of 2003 Democrats 65 141 1 4 67 Child Interstate Republicans 216 11 0 4 ...
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Just the Facts | 30 |
Conclusion | 50 |
Abortion on Demand? The Supreme Court | 57 |
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