Publication

2015 - The University of North Carolina Press, North Carolina

Language

English

Word Count

83,500 words, Guess

Page Count

334 pages

Identifiers

and 2 more
  • Better World Books9781469621180
  • Open LibraryOL27195770M

Classifications

  • DDC362.1988/80973
  • LCCHQ767.5.U5 S36 2015
  • LCCHQ767.5.U5S36 2015

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

Series Statement

  • Studies in social medicine

Other Editions

  • Abortion after RoeThe University of North Carolina Press2015-01-01

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