{"product_id":"abortion-history-politics-and-reproductive-justice-after-morgentaler-paperback-softback-9780774835749","title":"Abortion; History, Politics, and Reproductive Justice After Morgentaler (Paperback \/ softback) 9780774835749","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eAbortion\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eHistory, Politics, and Reproductive Justice After Morgentaler\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eShannon Stettner (Edited by), Kristin Burnett (Edited by), Travis Hay (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780774835749\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 1 July 2018\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e384 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm, 0.56 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eAbortion\u003c\/em\u003e is unique in that it ties together the perspectives of scholars in history, politics, and law, as opposed to other compilations that focus on works from one particular field, echoing the intersectionality of modern day reproductive justice framework. - Megan Siu, Community Developer \u0026amp; Educational Specialist Centre, CPLEA (Canadian Law Library Review) \u003cp\u003e[…][i]n 2019 it is ever more evident that a broader concept of reproductive justice is one that encompasses not only our reproductive health but legal, social and economic justice as well. This book helps move us in that direction.\u003c\/p\u003e - Amanda Le Rougetel (Herizons)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen 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 \u003cem\u003eAbortion,\u003c\/em\u003e 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 \u003cem\u003eMorgentaler \u003c\/em\u003edecision.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGrouped 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTogether, 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction \/ \u003cem\u003eShannon Stettner, Kristin Burnett, and Travis Hay\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart 1: History\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1 Different Histories: Reproduction, Colonialism, and Treaty 7 Communities in Southern Alberta, 1880–1940 \/ \u003cem\u003eKristin Burnett\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2 Not Guilty but Guilty? Race, Rumour, and Respectability in the 1882 Abortion Trial of Letitia Munson \/ \u003cem\u003eRebecca Beausaert\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e3 Abortion and Birth Control on the Canadian Prairies: Feminists, Catholics, and Family Values in the 1970s \/ \u003cem\u003eErika Dyck\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart 2: Experience\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e4 He Is Still Unwanted: Women's Assertions of Authority over Abortion in Letters to the Royal Commission on the Status of Women in Canada \/ \u003cem\u003eShannon Stettner\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e5 Abortion on Trial: Abortion Tribunals in the 1970s and 1980s \/ \u003cem\u003eBeth Palmer\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e6 The Dark, Well-Kept Secret: Abortion Experiences in the Maritime Provinces \/ \u003cem\u003eKatrina Ackerman\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e7 When Research Is Personal and Political: Researchers Reflect on the Study of Abortion \/ \u003cem\u003eMarion Doull, Christabelle Sethna, Evelyne Morrissette, and Caitlin Scott\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart 3: Politics\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e8 Functionally Inaccessible: Historical Conflicts in Legal and Medical Access to Abortion \/ \u003cem\u003eFrances E. Chapman and Tracy Penny Light\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e9 Morgentaler and the Technological Production of Embodiment \/ \u003cem\u003eJen Rinaldi\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e10 Between a Woman and Her Doctor? The Medicalization of Abortion Politics in Canada \/ \u003cem\u003eRachael Johnstone\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e11 Subverting the Constitution: Anti-abortion Policies and Activism in the United States and Canada \/ \u003cem\u003eLori Brown, J. Shoshanna Ehrlich, and Colleen MacQuarrie\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart 4: Discourse and Reproductive Justice\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e12 The Future of Pro-choice Discourse in Canada \/ \u003cem\u003eKelly Gordon and Paul Saurette\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e13 Reproductive Justice in Canada: Exploring Immigrant Women's Experiences \/ \u003cem\u003eLaura Salamanca\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e14 Toxic Matters: Vital and Material Struggles for Environmental Reproductive Justice \/ \u003cem\u003eSarah Marie Wiebe\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eConclusion \/ \u003cem\u003eKristin Burnett and Shannon Stettner\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"UBC Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52531070501144,"sku":"9780774835749","price":25.45,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/abortion-history-politics-and-reproductive-justice-after-morgentaler-paperback-softback-9780774835749","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}