Abortion and the Politics of Motherhood

In this important study of the abortion controversy in the United States, Kristin Luker examines the issues, people, and beliefs on both sides of the abortion conflict. She draws data from twenty years of public documents and newspaper accounts, as well as over two hundred interviews with both pro-life and pro-choice activists. She argues that moral positions on abortion are intimately tied to views on sexual behavior, the care of children, family life, technology, and the importance of the individual.

• Publication year

  1985

• Venue

  Studies in Family Planning

• Publication date

  1985-12-01

• Fields of study

  Sociology, Medicine, Political Science, Psychology

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.2307/1967045
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar

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• No concepts are published for this paper.

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