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Record Nr.

UNINA9910453237803321

Titolo

In search of common ground on abortion : from culture war to reproductive justice / / edited by Robin West, Justin Murray, Meredith Esser

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Burlington, VT : , : Ashgate, , [2014]

©2014

ISBN

1-317-11797-2

1-315-58812-9

1-4724-2048-9

1-4724-2047-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (198 p.)

Collana

Gender in law, culture, and society

Altri autori (Persone)

MurrayJustin (Lawyer)

EsserMeredith B

WestRobin <1954->

Disciplina

362.1988/80973

Soggetti

Abortion - Law and legislation - United States

Abortion - Social aspects - United States

Abortion - Government policy - 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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction / Justin Murray, Meredith Esser and Robin West -- From choice to reproductive justice: de-constitutionalizing abortion rights / Robin West -- The price of pleasure / Shari Motro -- Abortion rhetoric and child custody laws for women who mother through rape / Shauna R. Prewitt -- Toward common ground on policies advancing reproductive justice / Dorothy Roberts -- Finding common ground in the disability rights critiques of selective abortions / Elizabeth Schiltz -- Supporting pregnant women and their families to reduce the abortion rate / Kristen Day -- Can a Catholic realist approach aid in the effort to find common ground in debates about abortion? / Susan J. Stabile.

Sommario/riassunto

This book brings together academics, legal practitioners and activists



with a wide range of pro-choice, pro-life and other views to explore the possibilities for cultural, philosophical, moral and political common ground on the subjects of abortion and reproductive justice more generally. It aims to rethink polarized positions on sexuality, morality, religion and law, in relation to abortion, as a way of laying the groundwork for productive and collaborative dialogue. The book will be valuable to anyone interested in law and society, gender and religious studies and philosophy and theory of la