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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... result of the 1994 election . Wounded politically by this defeat , and later by his 1998-1999 impeachment proceedings and the associated decline in public trust toward the president , the Clinton administration could not prevent ...
... result of rape or incest or is needed to save the woman's life . Public opinion polling is not an exact science . Many critics argue that polls contain inherent biases based on the wording of questions , when they are con- ducted , and ...
... result of rape or incest . THE PRO - LIFE MOVEMENT SETS THE TERMS OF THE DEBATE On January 22 , 1993 , on only his second full day in office , which coincided with the twentieth anniversary of Roe v . Wade , the first pro - choice ...
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Just the Facts | 30 |
Conclusion | 50 |
Abortion on Demand? The Supreme Court | 57 |
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