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Author Luker, Kristin.

Title Abortion and the politics of motherhood / Kristin Luker.

Publication Info. Berkeley : University of California Press, [1984]
©1984

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 324 pages).
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Series California series on social choice and political economy
California series on social choice and political economy.
Bibliography Bibliography: pages 291-309.
Note Includes index.
Contents Medicine and morality in the nineteenth century -- The century of silence -- Abortion reform: the professional's dilemma -- Women and the right to abortion -- The emergence of the right-to-life movement -- World views of the activists -- Motherhood and morality in America -- The future of the debate.
Summary This study of the abortion controversy in the United States argues that moral positions on abortion are intimately tied to views on sexual behaviour, the care of children, family life, technology, and the importance of the individual.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject Right to Life Movement.
Umschulungswerkstätten für Siedler und Auswanderer Bitterfeld.
Abortion -- United States.
Abortion.
United States.
Abortion -- Political aspects -- United States.
Abortion -- Political aspects.
Pro-life movement -- United States.
Pro-life movement.
Motherhood -- Moral and ethical aspects.
Motherhood -- Moral and ethical aspects.
Abortion -- Political aspects -- United States.
United States.
Motherhood -- United States -- Moral and ethical aspects.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Abortion & Birth Control.
Motherhood.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Gender Studies.
USA.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Subject Motherhood.
Other Form: Print version: Abortion and the politics of motherhood Berkeley : University of California Press, c1984. 0520043146 (DLC) 83047849
ISBN 9780520907928 ebook
0520907922
0520043146
1282758551
9781282758551
9780520055971
9780520043145