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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

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.

Abortion Politics: Public Policy in Cross Cultural Perspective focuses on current abortion policy and practice in the United States, Canada, Europe and Japan and aims to provide a comprehensive, stimulating and balanced picture of current abortion policy in a cross-cultural perspective. The contributors deal with comparative abortion policy including recent developments in Ireland, Germany and Eastern Europe.

Some of the politics surrounding abortion policy -- The strategic foundations for incrementalism in legislatures -- The nature of Congress and incrementalism in abortion politics : views from the inside and views from the outside -- A short legislative history of abortion -- Sponsors of abortion policies -- Playing the field : committee referrals of abortion-related proposals.

Weaving together analyses of archival material, news coverage, and interviews conducted with journalists from mainstream and partisan outlets as well as with activists across the political spectrum, Deana A. Rohlinger re-imagines how activists use a variety of mediums, sometimes simultaneously, to agitate for - and against - legal abortion. Rohlinger's in-depth portraits of four groups - the National Right to Life Committee, Planned Parenthood, the National Organization for Women, and Concerned Women for America - illuminates when groups use media and why they might choose to avoid media attention altogether. Rohlinger expertly reveals why some activist groups are more desperate than others to attract media attention and sheds light on what this means for policy making and legal abortion in the twenty-first century

In this analysis of federal court cases relying upon the landmark Roe v. Wade decision, the author finds that the pro-life movement in the United States has suffered repeated losses in abortion litigation. Additionally, her research indicates that, despite claims to the contrary, the pro-life movement is a loose collection of underfunded and understaffed public interest organizations. The pro-choice forces are vastly more powerful in abortion litigation, have superior organization and financing, and include not only public interest groups but also private interests such as clinics and professi.