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Without Apology
Writings on Abortion in Canada
Shannon Stettner (Edited by)
9781771991599
Paperback / softback, published 30 September 2016
420 pages, 12 colour photographs
22.9 x 15.2 x 2.7 cm, 0.514 kg
Until the late 1960s, the authorities on abortion were for the mostpart men—politicians, clergy, lawyers, physicians, all of whomhad an interest in regulating women's bodies. Even today, when wehear women speak publicly about abortion, the voices are usually thoseof the leaders of women's and abortion rights organizations,women who hold political office, and, on occasion, female physicians.We also hear quite frequently from spokeswomen for anti-abortiongroups. Rarely, however, do we hear the voices of ordinarywomen—women whose lives have been in some way touched byabortion. Their thoughts typically owe more to human circumstance thanto ideology, and without them, we run the risk of thinking and talkingabout the issue of abortion only in the abstract. Without Apology seeks to address this issue by gatheringthe voices of activists, feminists, and scholars as well as abortionproviders and clinic support staff alongside the stories of women whoseexperience with abortion is more personal. With the particular aim ofmoving beyond the polarizing rhetoric that has characterized the issueof abortion and reproductive justice for so long, WithoutApology is an engrossing and arresting account that will promoteboth reflection and discussion.
Introduction: Without Apology / Shannon Stettner 1 Abortion in Canada: A History / Shannon Stettner Part I Speaking from Experience 2 Giving Voice to the Unspeakable / Judith Mintz 3 T.A. / Clarissa Hurley 4 But I Kept All These Things, and Pondered Them in My Heart / JessWoolford 5 Keep It Small / Evey Hornbeck 6 A Bad Law and a Bold Woman / Bernadette Wagner 7 I Don't Blame the Abortion / Rebecca 8 [untitled] / Mackenzie Part II Abortion Rights Activism 9 The Ontario Coalition for Abortion Clinics: Reproductive Freedomand the Campaign to Overturn the Federal Abortion Law / Carolyn Eganand Linda Gardner 10 The Radical Handmaids and Stephen Harper's War on Women,Battleground 2012: Reopening the Abortion Debate / Aalya Ahmad /Radical Handmaids 11 Arts4choice.com / Martha Solomon 12 "We Can Get There Faster If We All Move Together": TheBirth of a Reproductive Justice Academic Activist / ColleenMacQuarrie 13 We Need to See Change: One Woman's Motivations for PushingWaves on Prince Edward Island / Sadie Roberts 14 Pro-Choice Organizing on Canadian University Campuses: Unpackingthe Debate over Free Speech Versus Hate Speech / Kelly Holloway Part III Challenging Opposing Positions 15 Blinded by the Right: My Past as an Anti-abortion Activist /Natalie Lochwin 16 One Woman's Evolving View of Abortion / Tracey L.Anderson 17 Pro-Choice for God's Sake / Shannon Pinkney 18 Abortion Commentary / Laura Wershler 19 Pro-abortion and Proud: Exploring Alternative ReproductiveJustice Labels / Laura Gillespie 20 Same as It Ever Was: Anti-Choice Extremism and the "ThirdWay" / Jane Cawthorne 21 Women over Ideology / Nick Van der Graaf Part IV Practitioners and Clinic Support 22 Lessons from Life in Abortion Care / Peggy Cooke 23 "Do you think I will go to hell for this?" / RuthMiller 24 The Counsellor's Voice / Erin Mullan 25 Empathy: Whose Choice Is OK? / Ellen Wiebe 26 Therapeutic Abortion / Sterling Haynes 27 "I am proud to provide abortions" / Evan James Part V Sites of Struggle 28 The Choice Between Rights and Revolution / Karen Stote 29 Sex Selection Abortions: The Politics of Race in MulticulturalCanada / Bindy Kang 30 The Public Pregnancy: How the Fetal Debut and the Public HealthParadigm Affect Pregnancy Practice / Jen Rinaldi 31 A Harm-Reduction Approach to Abortion / Shannon Dea The Unfinished Revolution / Shannon Stettner