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Record Nr.

UNINA9910450038903321

Autore

Feldt Gloria <1942->

Titolo

Behind every choice is a story [[electronic resource] /] / Gloria Feldt ; with Carol Trickett Jennings

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Denton, Texas, : University of North Texas Press, c2002

ISBN

1-57441-424-0

1-4337-1003-X

1-4175-3142-8

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (265 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

JenningsCarol Trickett

Disciplina

363.9/6/0973

Soggetti

Pro-choice movement - United States

Birth control - United States

Abortion - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-236) and index.

Nota di contenuto

The talk -- Strong girl, jelly woman -- "He told me not to tell" -- Pierced ears -- Jelly woman to handsome princess -- This month's pills or this month's bills? -- Making family -- Choice as sacrifice, choice as freedom, or, how I became a perfect ten -- Viagra yes, pills no -- Rights vs. access -- Whose conscience counts? -- Murder in the name of life -- Calling ourselves free -- "We aren't the future, we're the present" -- Motherhood in freedom.

Sommario/riassunto

This blend of personal stories, commentary and memoirs chronicles the life-changing choices that men, women and teens make in connection with reproduction every day. It also traces the author's personal journey to becoming an activist in the civil rights and women's movements.