Suchergebnisse

'Abortion Politics in American States' edited by Mary C. Segers and Timothy A. Byrnes is reviewed.

Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction: Abortion Politics in American States -- 1. Pennsylvania: The Impact of Party Organization and Religious Lobbying -- 2. Minnesota: Shifting Sands on a ""Challenger"" Beachhead? -- 3. Maryland: A Law Codifying Roe v. Wade -- 4. Louisiana: Religious Politics and the Pro-Life Cause -- 5. Arizona: Pro-Choice Success in a Conservative, Republican State -- 6. North Carolina: One Liberal Law in the South -- 7. Ohio: Steering toward Middle Ground -- 8. Washington: Abortion Policymaking through Initiative

This essay offers a new perspective on abortion politics by proposing that the background debate can be productively shifted from the question of the legal status of fetuses as potential persons to their religious status as potential souls (within a Christian framework). Such a deliberate turn toward metaphysics as an appropriate terrain for political contestation runs counter to a prevailing liberal doctrine -- best articulated by John Rawls -- that metaphysics, especially perfectionist notions, have little or no place within liberal political calculations. Rawls's shortcomings on the abortion debate are surveyed along with those of other recent commentators; & Christian theology on abortion is challenged by way of introducing some of Georges Bataille's notions of political economy. The Japanese practice of mizuko kuyo under Buddhism is offered at the end as a comparative foil to Western political conflicts over abortion. Adapted from the source document.

The intensity of opposition to legal abortion in the US is described, & reasons behind the movement to repeal abortion reforms are analyzed & compared to reform movements in GB. The radical climate of the late 1960s & early 1970s favored liberalization of abortion statutes in the US, as did the attitudes of US MDs & influential Catholics. The progress of abortion reforms in GB was more moderate, a situation caused by the limited power of interpretation of English courts, the greater restrictions on clinical practice in GB, & the greater tendency toward traditionalism among British MDs. However, the increasing strength of conservative politics in the US in the late 1970s was reflected in the increased strength & organization of antiabortion sentiments, & in the movement to press for a Constitutional amendment supported by "right to life" & other antiabortion groups. D. Dunseath.

Introduction, Sydney Calkin and Kath Browne -- Part I: The Politics of Repeal -- 1. The 2018 abortion referendum: over before it began! Theresa Reidy -- 2. Explaining repeal: a long-term view, Linda Connolly -- 3. "The only lawyer on the panel": anti-choice lawfare in the battle for abortion law reform, Fiona de Londras and Mìrǎd Enright -- 4. Abortion pills in Ireland and beyond: what can the 8th Amendment referendum tell us about the future of self-managed abortion? Sydney Calkin -- 5. Of trust and mistrust: the politics of repeal, Elzbieta Drazkiewicz-Grodzicka and Mìre Ní Mhórdha -- Part II: Campaigns and Campaigning -- 6. "Enough judgement": reflections on campaigning for repeal in rural Ireland, Mary McGill -- 7. Campaigning for choice: canvassing as feminist pedagogy in Dublin Bay North, Niamh McDonald, Kate Antosik-Parsons, Karen E. Till, Jack Callan and Gerry Kearns -- 8. #T:̀ pro-choice activism in the Irish language community, Lisa Nic an Bhreithimh -- 9. Maser's 'Repeal the 8th' mural: the power of public art in the age of social media, Lorna O'Hara -- 10. Repealing a 'legacy of shame': press coverage of emotional geographies of secrecy and shame in Ireland's abortion debate, Eric Olund -- Part III: Futures: Ireland and Beyond -- 11. Placing the Catholic Church: the moral landscape of repealing the 8th, Richard Scriven -- 12. Losing Ireland: heteroactivist responses to the 8th Amendment in Canada and the UK, Kath Browne and Catherine Jean Nash -- 13. The primacy of place: in vitro 'unborn' and the 8th Amendment, Nol︠le Cotter -- 14. Northern Ireland after repealing the 8th: democratic challenges, Lisa Smyth -- 15. Reflections after the Irish referendum: abortion, the Catholic Church and pro-choice mobilization in Poland, Dorota Szelewa.