The pro-choice movement : organization and activism in the abortion conflict /
Staggenborg, Suzanne.
The pro-choice movement : organization and activism in the abortion conflict / Suzanne Staggenborg. - New York : Oxford University Press, 1991. - 1 online resource (xi, 229 pages)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ABBREVIATIONS; 1 Introduction; PART I: ORIGINS OF THE MOVEMENT TO LEGALIZE ABORTION; PART II: SURVIVING THE VICTORY, 1973-1976; PART III: COUNTERMOVEMENT VICTORIES AND MOVEMENT EXPANSION, 1977-1983; PART IV: THE PRO-CHOICE MOVEMENT IN THE 1980s AND BEYOND; APPENDIX A: Structures and Resources of Pro-Choice Movement Organizations; APPENDIX B: Organizational Newsletters and Documents; APPENDIX C: Interviews with Pro-Choice Activists; NOTES; REFERENCES; INDEX
Given the political fallout from the Supreme Court's decision in Missouri v. Webster and the Court's pending decisions in three more abortion cases, abortion rights promise to occupy centre stage in American politics for years to come. Funded by a grant from the National Science Foundation, this timely work analyses the development of the pro-choice movement over the last twenty-five years, providing crucial background to the current abortion rights debate.
English.
9780195065961 0195065964 1423737342 9781423737346 1280525290 9781280525292 9786610525294 6610525293 0195362136 9780195362138 1601297874 9781601297877
Pro-choice movement--United States.
Abortion--United States.
Abortion, Legal--history
Women's Rights--history
Mouvement pour la libéralisation de l'avortement--États-Unis.
Avortement--États-Unis.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Abortion & Birth Control.
Abortion
Pro-choice movement
United States
United States
Abortion Protest movements United States
HQ767.5.U5 / S73 1991eb
363.4/6/0973
HQ 767.5.U5 / S779p 1991
The pro-choice movement : organization and activism in the abortion conflict / Suzanne Staggenborg. - New York : Oxford University Press, 1991. - 1 online resource (xi, 229 pages)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ABBREVIATIONS; 1 Introduction; PART I: ORIGINS OF THE MOVEMENT TO LEGALIZE ABORTION; PART II: SURVIVING THE VICTORY, 1973-1976; PART III: COUNTERMOVEMENT VICTORIES AND MOVEMENT EXPANSION, 1977-1983; PART IV: THE PRO-CHOICE MOVEMENT IN THE 1980s AND BEYOND; APPENDIX A: Structures and Resources of Pro-Choice Movement Organizations; APPENDIX B: Organizational Newsletters and Documents; APPENDIX C: Interviews with Pro-Choice Activists; NOTES; REFERENCES; INDEX
Given the political fallout from the Supreme Court's decision in Missouri v. Webster and the Court's pending decisions in three more abortion cases, abortion rights promise to occupy centre stage in American politics for years to come. Funded by a grant from the National Science Foundation, this timely work analyses the development of the pro-choice movement over the last twenty-five years, providing crucial background to the current abortion rights debate.
English.
9780195065961 0195065964 1423737342 9781423737346 1280525290 9781280525292 9786610525294 6610525293 0195362136 9780195362138 1601297874 9781601297877
Pro-choice movement--United States.
Abortion--United States.
Abortion, Legal--history
Women's Rights--history
Mouvement pour la libéralisation de l'avortement--États-Unis.
Avortement--États-Unis.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Abortion & Birth Control.
Abortion
Pro-choice movement
United States
United States
Abortion Protest movements United States
HQ767.5.U5 / S73 1991eb
363.4/6/0973
HQ 767.5.U5 / S779p 1991