Contested lives
Subtitle: the abortion debate in an American community
By: Faye D. Ginsburg.
Edition: Updated ed., with a new introd.
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Berkeley
Language: eng
Number of pages: 315
Subjects: Abortion -- United States -- Case studies.; Abortion services -- United States -- Case studies.; Pro-life movement -- United States -- Case studies.; Pro-choice movement -- United States -- Case studies.; Women social reformers -- United States -- Case studies.
Description: Based on the struggle over a Fargo, North Dakota, abortion clinic, Contested Lives explores one of the central social conflicts of our time. Both wide-ranging and rich in detail, it speaks not simply to the abortion issue but also to the critical role of women's political activism. A new introduction addresses the events of the last decade.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 287-306.
Includes indexes.