Anti-abortion activism in the UK : ultra -sacrificial motherhood, religion and reproductive rights in the public sphere /

Drawing from extensive ethnographic research on abortion debates in public spaces, this book explores the beliefs, motivations and practices of UK anti-abortion activists. Whilst they represent a tiny minority, there is recent evidence of an increase in activism outside UK abortion clinics; faith-ba...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Lowe Pam (Autor), Page, Sarah-Jane (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bingley : Emerald Publishing Limited, 2022.
Colección:Emerald studies in reproduction, culture and society.
Temas:
Abortion > Moral and ethical aspects > Great Britain.
Pro-life movement > Great Britain.
Avortement > Aspect moral > Grande-Bretagne.
Mouvement pour le respect de la vie > Grande-Bretagne.
Ethical issues: abortion & birth control.
Social Science, Abortion & Birth Control.
Abortion > Moral and ethical aspects.
Pro-life movement.
Great Britain.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Chapter 1. Introduction
  • Chapter 2. Opposition to abortion: A uk history
  • Chapter 3. Understanding anti-abortion activism as lived religion
  • Chapter 4. The worldviews of anti-abortion activists
  • Chapter 5. Ultra-sacrificial motherhood and the 'harms' of abortion
  • Chapter 6. Foetal stories
  • Chapter 7. Being an activist: Material religion, embodiment, and spatiality
  • Chapter 8. The pro-choice response: Counterdemonstrations
  • Chapter 9. Abortion cultures
  • Chapter 10. Conclusion appendix 1. The research journey.

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