When Henry Morgentaler, Canada’s best-known abortion rights
advocate, died in 2013, activists and scholars began to reassess the
state of abortion in this country. In Abortion, some of the foremost
researchers in Canada challenge current thinking by revealing the
discrepancy between what people are experiencing on the ground and
what people believe the law to be after the 1988 Morgentaler decision.
Grouped into four themes – History, Experience, Politics, and
Reproductive Justice – these essays showcase new theoretical
frameworks and approaches from law, history, medicine, women’s
studies, and political science as they document the diversity of
abortion experiences across the country, from those of Indigenous
women in the pre-Morgentaler era to a lack of access in the age of
so-called decriminalization. Together, the contributors make a case
for shifting the debate from abortion rights to reproductive justice
and caution against focusing on “choice” or medicalization without
understanding the broader context of why and when people seek out
abortions.
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History, Politics, and Reproductive Justice after Morgentaler
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9780774835763
Publisert
2020
Utgave
1. utgave
Utgiver
University of British Columbia Press
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok