Wade, the decision that gave women the right to choose an. 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 families. Katha pollitt on reclaiming abortion rights, rejecting shame. Connie schultz is a nationally syndicated columnist in cleveland and. That has been the official prochoice consensusthe respectable position on abortionsince the eighties, and it is this position that katha pollitt challenges in her new book, pro.
Reclaiming abortion rights 15 edition 9781250072665. 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. A powerful argument for abortion as a moral right and social good by a noted feminist and longtime columnist for the nationforty years after the landmark roe v. Reclaiming abortion rights by katha pollitt nook book. Even those who support it qualify their position by saying its a bad thing or an agonizing decision. She spoke in the cspan 2booktv tent at the 2014 texas book festival. Reclaiming abortion rights 2014, was intended as a response to the feeling among many prochoice people that we need to be more assertive, less defensive. I n august, a swarm of police officers was dispatched to the scene of a miscarriage at a dallas high school, after a dead fetus was found in the girls lavatory. Reclaiming abortion rights katha pollitt macmillan. Reclaiming abortion rights that she wants to speak to the muddled middle, the millions of americans who, when polled, say they dont want to ban abortion outright but they also dont want it to be widely available.
Upon reaching the last five pages of the book, the ones that got my heart. Oct 14, 2014 a powerful argument for abortion as a moral right and social good by a noted feminist and longtime columnist for the nationforty years after the landmark roe v. Book argues the prochoice movement needs to stop being apologetic and put. Katha pollitt forty years after the landmark roe v. In fact any woman whos reading this piece and has had an abortion, or any. Oct, 2014 i start the story this way because katha pollitt, author of pro. Abortion is something that will happen no matter what. Thus begins pro, the abortion rights manifesto by the nation columnist, poet and red diaper baby katha pollitt. 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. Oct 25, 2014 katha pollitt talked about her book, pro.
O n the wall of our family room hangs a picture of me, pregnant, carrying a sign at an abortionrights march in 1989. I start the story this way because katha pollitt, author of pro. Meanwhile, with each passing day, the rights upheld by the supreme court are being systematically eroded by state laws designed to end abortion outright. Reclaiming abortion rights, arrives like an urgent letter as rights are fast eroding. Reclaiming abortion rights katha pollitt picador, 2014, 272 pages.
Pdf pro reclaiming abortion rights download full pdf. Oct 12, 2014 thus begins pro, the abortion rights manifesto by the nation columnist, poet and red diaper baby katha pollitt. Police officers combed the school in search of a female suspect. Reclaiming abortion rights kindle edition by pollitt. In a new book, feminist writer katha pollitt argues it doesnt have to be this way.
Digital rights management drm the publisher has supplied this book in encrypted form, which means that you need to install free software in order to unlock and read it. Pdf pro reclaiming abortion rights download full pdf book. Download pdf pro reclaiming abortion rights book full free. Reclaiming abortion rights paperback third place books. Reclaiming abortion rights by katha pollitt 2014, hardcover at the best online prices at ebay. Book argues the pro choice movement needs to stop being apologetic and put. 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. I still remember the day in 1973 that the supreme court handed down roe v. Wade ruling, abortion is still a word that is said with outright hostility by many, despite the fact that one in three american women will have terminated at. Its a thoroughly researched, thoughtfully developed examination of the key arguments and ideas framing reproductive rights discourse. Reclaiming abortion rights notes with a new afterwordcover. What we are all committed toas few abortions as possibleis best achieved by a regime of legalized abortion.
While the topic is always in debate, pollitt posits that it needs to be discussed in a way that recognizes abortion as an integral component of womens. Pollitt brings readers up to date on the positive changes she sees in the current prochoice. Reclaiming abortion rights by katha pollitt goodreads. Book argues the prochoice movement needs to stop being apologetic and put abortion at the centre of womens lives. 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. In the words of bill clinton, abortion must be safe, legal, and rare. A note on language reclaiming abortion what do americans think about 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. 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. Into this space steps katha pollitt, awardwinning columnist at the nation full disclosure. Reclaiming abortion rights by katha pollitt 258 pp. 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. 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.
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. Reclaiming abortion rights ebook written by katha pollitt. As one veteran prochoice activist said to me, the majority of people do not give a hoot about abortion law so long as it is not illegal. Reclaiming abortion rights, arrives like an urgent letter as rights are fast erodingwith 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. As long as women were firmly ensconced in the family as wives and mothers with few rights and little social power, pollitt writes, abortion was legal or tolerated as a way to save. By wholeheartedly defending abortion rights, pollitt argues, we reclaim the lives and the rights of women and mothers. Katha pollitt argues that women should stop apologizing and reclaim abortion as a positive social good.
Reclaiming abortion rights serves much the same function. I am a regular contributor to the nation, with her new book, pro. Wade ruling, abortion is still a word that is said with outright hostility by many, despite the fact that one in three american women will have terminated at least one pregnancy by menopause. It is time, pollitt argues, that we reclaim the lives and the rights of women and mothers. Oct 10, 2014 forty years ago, the landmark decision roe v. Reclaiming abortion rights, would want it this way.
Reclaiming abortion rights, is an impassioned attempt to reframe the debate. She claims that abortion opponents have gained ground in part because the prochoice movement has failed to make its case. The festival was held from october 2526 at the state. Wade made abortion legal, but as katha pollitt points out in her new book pro. Oct 16, 2014 o n the wall of our family room hangs a picture of me, pregnant, carrying a sign at an abortion rights march in 1989. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read pro. Reclaiming abortion rights a book by katha pollitt. In pro, 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.
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