| Description |
xii, 116 pages ; 21 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 103-116). |
| Contents |
Preface : the professionalization of abortion politics -- Violence, law, and abortion politics -- From allies to alliances in the anti-abortion movement -- The past as the possible future of abortion politics. |
| Summary |
"The 2014 Supreme Court ruling on McCullen v. Coakley striking down a Massachusetts law regulating anti-abortion activism marked the reengagement of the Supreme Court in abortion politics. A throwback to the days of clinic-front protests, the decision seemed a means to reinvigorate the old street politics of abortion. The Court's ruling also highlights the success of a decades' long effort by anti-abortion activists to transform the very politics of abortion. The New States of Abortion Politics, written by leading scholar Joshua C. Wilson, tells the story of this movement, from streets to legislative halls to courtrooms. With the end of clinic-front activism, lawyers and politicians took on the fight. Anti-abortion activists moved away from a doomed frontal assault on Roe v. Wade and adopted an incremental strategy-putting anti-abortion causes on the offensive in friendly state forums and placing reproductive rights advocates on the defense in the courts. The Supreme Court ruling on Whole Woman's Health v. Hellerstedt in 2016 makes the stakes for abortion politics higher than ever. This book elucidates how-and why." -- Back cover. |
| Subject |
Abortion -- Law and legislation -- United States.
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Abortion -- Law and legislation. |
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United States. |
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Abortion -- Government policy -- United States.
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Abortion -- Government policy. |
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Abortion -- Political aspects -- United States.
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Abortion -- Political aspects. |
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Pro-life movement -- United States.
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Pro-life movement. |
| Other Form: |
Online version: Wilson, Joshua C., author. New states of abortion politics Stanford, California : Stanford Briefs, an imprint of Stanford University Press, 2016 9781503600539 (DLC) 2016014481 |
| ISBN |
080479202X (paperback) (alkaline paper) |
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9780804792028 (paperback) (alkaline paper) |
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9781503600539 (ebook) |
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