Pro by Katha Pollitt
Brand: St. Martins Press-3PL
Product Description
A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR An important revelatory new book Elle that is a powerful argument for abortion as a moral right and force for social good Forty years after the landmark Roe v. Wade ruling abortion is still a word that is said with outright hostility or vague discomfort by many this despite the fact that one in three American women will have terminated at least one pregnancy by the time they reach menopause. Even those who support a womans right to terminate her pregnancy often qualify their support by saying abortion is a bad thing an agonizing decision thereby placing the medical procedure on a pedestal so remote and radioactive that it takes it out of the world of the everyday turning an act that is often necessary and often welcomed into something shameful and secretive. Meanwhile with each passing day the rights upheld by the Supreme Court are being systematically eroded by state laws designed to end abortion outright. In this controversial and necessary book Katha Pollitt reframes abortion as a common part of a womans reproductive life one that should be accepted as a moral right with positive social implications. In clear concise arguments Pollitt takes on the personhood argument reaffirms the priority of a womans life and health and discusses why terminating a pregnancy can be a force for good for women families and society. By wholeheartedly defending abortion rights Pollitt argues we reclaim the lives and the rights of women and mothers. show more
Condition : New
Author : Katha Pollitt
Weight : 486.96
Publisher : St. Martins Press3PL
Language : English
EAN : 9781250072665
ISBN10 : 1250072662
Format : Paperback Softback
Date of Publication : 20150505
Place of Publication : New York
Pagination : 288 Pages
Dimensions : 208 X 137 X 23