Fighting to choose : the abortion rights struggle in New Zealand
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 10
0864738862
ISBN 13
9780864738868
LCCN
HQ 767.5 .N4
DDC
363.4609
Category
Australia and New Zealand
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Publication Year
2013
Publisher
Pages
339 pages
Subject
Abortion
Abstract
"More than thirty-five years ago, at the height of the second wave of feminism, New Zealand passed a conservative abortion law that bucked a trend in the West toward liberalization. How did this happen in a country proud of its progressive social policies -- particularly its record on women's rights? And why is such a cumbersome, expensive, endlessly litigated set of statutes still on the books? In Fighting to Choose: The Abortion Rights Struggle in New Zealand, Alison McCulloch sets out to answer those questions by taking a close look at the people involved and the tactics they employed in waging what was -- and continues to be -- an intense and impassioned battle"-- Back cover.
Description
Content:
Part one : the 1970s. Preparing the ground ; The protagonists ; The anti-abortionists ; The clinic ; The trial ; Backlash ; The royal commission ; The report ; The law ; The aftermath -- Part two : the 1980s and beyond. A rising right ; Sex and contraception ; Double standards ; The struggle continues ; Conclusion.
Part one : the 1970s. Preparing the ground ; The protagonists ; The anti-abortionists ; The clinic ; The trial ; Backlash ; The royal commission ; The report ; The law ; The aftermath -- Part two : the 1980s and beyond. A rising right ; Sex and contraception ; Double standards ; The struggle continues ; Conclusion.
Biblio Notes
Includes bibliographical references (321) and index.
Donated by Graham Price.
Categorized by publisher, then author, then date.
Donated by Graham Price.
Categorized by publisher, then author, then date.
Number of Copies
1
