Abortion after Roe

Description:

"Abortion is--and always has been--an arena for contesting power relations between women and men. When in 1973 the Supreme Court made the procedure legal throughout the United States, it seemed that women were at last able to make decisions about their own bodies. In the four decades that followed, however, abortion became ever more politicized and stigmatized. Abortion after Roe chronicles and analyzes what the new legal status and changing political environment have meant for abortion providers and their patients"--

subjects: Public opinion,  Government policy,  Abortion services,  Abortion,  Pro-life movement,  Dilatation and extraction abortion,  Abortion, united states,  Abortion, government policy,  Abortion, government policy, united states,  Political aspects,  Social aspects,  History, 20th Century,  Dissent and Disputes,  Women's Health,  Reproductive Rights,  History,  Induced Abortion,  Ethics,  Legislation & jurisprudence

Places: United States