women evaluate the impact of abortion
- Categories
- Book/Boek
- Creator
- Bachiochi, Erika > (ed.)
- Creator
- Elshtain, Jean Bethke > (forew.)
- Contributor
- Bordlee, Dorinda C.
- Publish Year
- 2004
- Shelfmark
- B5774 - B
- Thesaurus
- abortussen, abortusstrijd, feminisme, reproductieve rechten, gezondheid, sociale problemen, rechtspraak, wetgeving, Verenigde Staten, 1950-1999, bundel
- Description
- More than three decades of debate about abortion has been largely a battle of rights - the reproductive rights of women, on the one hand, versus the rights of the unborn, on the other. This collection of essays examines the central pro-abortion claim, that whatever the status of the unborn, the very well-being of women is dependent on the legal right to abortion. The authors make a case against abortion: instead of emphasizing the human rights of the unborn, they argue that legal abortion has negative effects on the well-being of women themselves - socially, medically, psychologically and culturally.