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The pro-choice movement : organization and activism in the abortion conflict / Suzanne Staggenborg.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Oxford University Press, 1991.Description: 1 online resource (xi, 229 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780195065961
  • 0195065964
  • 1423737342
  • 9781423737346
  • 1280525290
  • 9781280525292
  • 9786610525294
  • 6610525293
  • 0195362136
  • 9780195362138
  • 1601297874
  • 9781601297877
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version :: Pro-choice movement.DDC classification:
  • 363.4/6/0973 20
LOC classification:
  • HQ767.5.U5 S73 1991eb
NLM classification:
  • HQ 767.5.U5
Online resources:
Contents:
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
Summary: 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.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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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.

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

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