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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... religious activism plays in American politics . Responding to Mancur Olson's work about political passivity , Hertzke notes that religious motivation can sometimes override the rationality of not participating in political movements ...
... RELIGIOUS LEFT Perhaps the most unexpected reinvigoration of the abortion rights movement is occurring within the religious community . While younger students of politics know only the dominance of the conservative religious within ...
... religious scholars , Maguire contends that the contemporary perception that traditional religions are per se opposed to abor- tion is incorrect , and that eventually , the alternative views rooted in these religions will make themselves ...
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Just the Facts | 30 |
Conclusion | 50 |
Abortion on Demand? The Supreme Court | 57 |
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