Abortion and the Politics of Motherhood: 3 (California Series on Social Choice and Political Economy) - Softcover

Since the first publication of Abortion and the Politics of Motherhood in 1985, the politics of abortion have only become more fraught. With updates throughout, this important study examines the issues, people, and beliefs on both sides of the abortion conflict. Drawing on data from decades of public documents and newspaper accounts, as well as hundreds of interviews with both pro-life and pro-choice activists, author Kristin Luker argues that moral positions on abortion are intimately tied to views on sexual behavior, the care of children, family life, technology, and the importance of the individual.

Kristin Luker is Professor of Law and Sociology at the University of California Berkeley School of Law (Boalt Hall). She is also the author of Dubious Conceptions: The Politics of Teenage Pregnancy (1996) and, with Jean Fox O'Barr, Feminism in Action: Building Institutions and Community through Women's Studies (1994).