Reclaiming abortion rights kindle edition by pollitt. Katha pollitt on reclaiming abortion rights, rejecting shame and renewing americas potential hans rollmann. With pollitts characteristic wit and logic, pro marshals science, history, medicine, religion, statistics and stories of real womens liveswith all the tangled secret misfortunes of familiesto make a mythbusting argument that abortion is a social good. Reclaiming abortion rights katha pollitt macmillan. It is long past time, pollitt argues, for abortion to be cast as a social good. It was formed in 2003 by the merger of the abortion law reform association alra and the national abortion campaign nac. Support the national network of abortion funds at our online shop.
In this urgent, controversial 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. Abortionrights opponents energized by new administration abortion rights opponents marched in washington, d. Oct 25, 2014 katha pollitt talked about her book, pro. Aug 16, 2016 the abortion rights movement is bolder than its been in years.
Abortion rights is an advocacy organisation that promotes access to abortion in the united kingdom. Sep 05, 2014 katha pollitt columnist for the nation and author of the upcoming book pro. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading pro. We offer an authorative prochoice voice for the media. Oct 31, 2014 listen to katha pollitt discuss her new book, pro. Katha pollitt on reclaiming abortion rights, rejecting shame. This is not an official publication of the house of commons or the house of lords and has not been approved by either house or its committees. Freedom of conscience in abortion provision july 2016 a full copy of this report can be accessed at. The issue of abortion in ireland is so contentious, said clare quigley, 23, a medical student in dublin. Oct 12, 2014 thus begins pro, the abortion rights manifesto by the nation columnist, poet and red diaper baby katha pollitt.
The brandnew abortion rights strategy that will supposedly. Book argues the prochoice movement needs to stop being apologetic and put abortion at the centre of womens lives. She spoke in the cspan 2booktv tent at the 2014 texas book festival. Reclaiming abortion rights best books for women 2014. Reclaiming abortion rights, arrives like an urgent letter as rights are fast eroding. Oct 26, 2017 commenting on the scottish governments decision to allow women in scotland to take abortion pill at home. Abortion stigma, while observable as a global phenomenon. Meanwhile, with each passing day, the rights upheld by the supreme court are being systematically eroded by state laws designed to end abortion outright. Abortion rights campaign arc, leaders of prochoice action on choice. The next wave of abortion restrictions is here msnbc. Reclaiming abortion rights by katha pollitt, paperback. Also, the action was a criminal offense and punishable by law.
Second, even if the verses do describe a miscarriage, the passage cannot be used to justify abortion. Reclaiming abortion rights came out, ive done a fair amount of public speaking, and the two statistics that always make the audience sit up are that nearly one in three women will have had at least one abortion by menopause and 61 percent of women who have abortions are already mothers. National abortion organizations advocating prochoice rights. Medical arguments against abortion thus far in our discussion we have looked at biblical arguments against abortion. Womens groups challenge new texas abortion restrictions. Oklahoma state department of health individual abortion form health care information page 2 of 6 this document is being provided as a sample of the information that will be collected via the online limited access entry form. Rethinking the mantra that abortion should be safe, legal. Convenient 24hour phone and online access to abortion information and scheduling. Wade, the decision that gave women the right to choose an. Feminist, poet, and the nation columnist katha pollitt makes the case for supporting a womans right to choose in her controversial book pro. We need to talk about ending a pregnancy as a common, even normal, event in the reproductive lives of womenand not just modern american women either, but women throughout history and all over the world, from ancient egypt to medieval catholic europe, from todays sprawling cities to rural villages barely touched by modern ideas about. Georgette forney, president, anglicans for life cofounder of the national silent no more awareness campaign many people look at abortion from a political position but as a woman who has personally experienced one, i look at this issue from a different perspective.
We welcome the decision of the scottish government to make abortion pills available for home administration. Even among university students there is a deep split, quigley says. Pdf restrictive regulation of abortion and the right to health. The abortion rights movement is bolder than its been in years. Support for abortion rights among the young hasnt changed. I still remember the day in 1973 that the supreme court handed down roe v. Reclaiming abortion rights, and take questions from the audience. Weitz abortion is the most contested social issue of our time.
From abortion reversal to dismemberment abortion, a new mix of laws to restrict the procedure are rippling through states across the country. The issue of induced abortion remains divisive in public life, with recurring arguments to liberalize or to restrict access to legal abortion services. The right to life constitutes one of the main human rights and freedoms, foreseen by article 21 of the albanian constitution and article 2 of european human rights convention. The injury was accidental, not intentional as abortion would be. This is a progressive move and one which is in line with modern medicine. Katha pollitt on reclaiming abortion rights, rejecting. National abortion federation naf statement on abortion provision during covid19 pandemic as states and municipalities enact measures to slow the spread of covid19, more nonessential businesses will be instructedor requiredto close. Reclaiming abortion rights a book by katha pollitt. It wasnt until that point that i sort of realised id internalised all of this stigma that i dont personally agree with. Reclaiming abortion rights forty years after the landmark roe v. Dec 12, 2016 womens rights groups said they would file a court challenge monday to the latest attempt by texas legislators to restrict access to abortion. Abortion rights movements, also referred to as pro choice movements, advocate for legal access to induced abortion services. A global movement for womens rights picked up the charge to reduce deaths and disability from unsafe abortion.
The reality of abortion reflections of my journey by mrs. Oct 16, 2014 the brandnew abortion rights strategy that will supposedly shatter the brandnew abortion rights strategy that will supposedly shatter the prolife movement oct 16, 2014. Womens abortion rights trump fetuses rights the new republic. Aiyana was 20 when she became pregnant and had an abortion. Abortion funding dispute continues to threaten stabilization package at the center of the dispute. Apr 17, 2018 ed kilgore draws my attention to a new prri survey which suggests that young people are becoming friendlier toward abortion rights most americans say their own views have not changed on the. In her excellent new book, pro, a galvanizing call to reclaim abortion as a moral good, the feminist writer katha pollitt refers to this as the awfulization of abortion.
Pro, reclaiming abortion rights, a justpublished book by katha pollitt, could just as easily have been called because womens lives matter, adopting the phrase used in. Womens rights groups said they would file a court challenge monday to the latest attempt by texas legislators to restrict access to abortion. Rethinking the mantra that abortion should be safe, legal, and rare tracy a. We need to see abortion as an urgent practical decision that is just as moral as the decision to have a child. Reclaiming abortion rights publishers weekly writes. George tiller, an abortion provider in kansas, and the fight over health care reform, demonstrate the intense. Abortion rights is the national prochoice campaign. Locating dispossession and hlp rights in the war in syria. Katha pollitt columnist for the nation and author of the upcoming book pro. Caitlin gibson caitlin gibson is a feature writer at the washington post. Jillian merchant, vice chair of abortion rights said. Wade ruling, abortion is still a word that is said with either 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. Reclaiming abortion rights kindle edition by pollitt, katha. With pollitts characteristic wit and logic, pro marshals science, history, medicine, religion, statistics and stories of real womens liveswith all the tangled secret misfortunes of familiesto make a myth.
Katha pollitt argues that women should stop apologizing and reclaim abortion as a positive social good. A report into freedom of conscience in abortion provision. Nov 12, 2014 it was as if in gaining rights, not just to abortion, but also to greater professional and economic and sexual opportunity, women lost any claim to moralitya morality that had, perhaps, been. She was charged with solicitation to commit murder in juvenile court. Whether youre on the fence or youre prolife already, this book is an encouragement to be intelligently informed and engage in this lifeanddeath issue armed with the facts. Abortion law reform in the united states by jimmye kimmey. The brandnew abortion rights strategy that will supposedly shatter the brandnew abortion rights strategy that will supposedly shatter the prolife movement oct 16, 2014. Abortionrights opponents energized by new administration.
Reclaiming abortion rights by katha pollitt goodreads. Claiming state accountability for womens reproductive welfare. This is one of my favorite chapters in backlash, a book i love. Pro, reclaiming abortion rights, a justpublished book by katha pollitt, could just as easily have been called because womens lives matter, adopting the phrase used in the aftermath of the ferguson shooting.
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