Beyond Pro-life and Pro-choice: The Changing Politics of Abortion in Britain
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- Synopsis
- Examining the changing pluralities of contemporary abortion debate in the UK, this interdisciplinary book proves it necessary to move beyond an understanding of abortion politics as characterised in binary terms by ‘pro-choice’ versus ‘pro-life’. Amery traces the evolution of political and parliamentary discourses from the passage of the Abortion Act in the 1960s to the present day, arguing that the current provision of abortion in the UK rests assumptions about medical authority over women’s reproductive decision-making which are unsustainable. She considers new arguments around sex-selective abortion, disability rights, pre-abortion counselling and the push for decriminalisation and radically reconceptualises the debate to account for these new battlegrounds in abortion politics.
- Copyright:
- 2020
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- Book Size:
- 224 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9781529205381
- Related ISBNs:
- 9781529204995
- Publisher:
- Bristol University Press
- Date of Addition:
- 03/24/23
- Copyrighted By:
- Bristol University Press
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Nonfiction, Social Studies
- Submitted By:
- Bookshare Staff
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.