Without Apology: Writings on Abortion in Canada

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dc.contributor.authorStettner, Shannon
dc.contributor.authorAhmad, Aalya
dc.contributor.authorAnderson, Tracey L.
dc.contributor.authorCawthorne, Jane
dc.contributor.authorCooke, Peggy
dc.contributor.authorDea, Shannon
dc.contributor.authorEgan, Carolyn
dc.contributor.authorGardner, Linda
dc.contributor.authorGillespie, Laura
dc.contributor.authorHaynes, Sterling
dc.contributor.authorHornbeck, E.K.
dc.contributor.authorHurley, Clarrisa
dc.contributor.authorJames, Dr.
dc.contributor.authorKang, H. Bindy K.
dc.contributor.authorUnknown, Kristen
dc.contributor.authorLochwin, Natalie
dc.contributor.authorUnknown, Mackenzie
dc.contributor.authorMacQuarrie, Colleen
dc.contributor.authorMiller, Ruth
dc.contributor.authorMintz, Judith
dc.contributor.authorMullan, Erin
dc.contributor.authorRinaldi, Jen
dc.contributor.authorRoberts, Sadie
dc.contributor.authorSolomon, Martha
dc.contributor.authorStote, Karen
dc.contributor.authorVan der Graaf, Nick
dc.contributor.authorWagner, Bernadette
dc.contributor.authorWersheler, Laura
dc.contributor.authorWest, Shannon
dc.contributor.authorWiebe, Ellen
dc.contributor.authorWoolford, Jess
dc.contributor.editorStettner, Shannon
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-12T15:45:42Z
dc.date.available2017-01-12T15:45:42Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.description.abstractUntil the late 1960s, the authorities on abortion were for the most part men—politicians, clergy, lawyers, physicians, all of whom had an interest in regulating women’s bodies. Even today, when we hear women speak publicly about abortion, the voices are usually those of the leaders of women’s and abortion rights organizations, women who hold political office, and, on occasion, female physicians. We also hear quite frequently from spokeswomen for anti-abortion groups. Rarely, however, do we hear the voices of ordinary women—women whose lives have been in some way touched by abortion. Their thoughts typically owe more to human circumstance than to ideology, and without them, we run the risk of thinking and talking about the issue of abortion only in the abstract. Without Apology seeks to address this issue by gathering the voices of activists, feminists, and scholars as well as abortion providers and clinic support staff alongside the stories of women whose experience with abortion is more personal. With the particular aim of moving beyond the polarizing rhetoric that has characterized the issue of abortion and reproductive justice for so long, Without Apology is an engrossing and arresting account that will promote both reflection and discussion.en
dc.description.sponsorshipCanada Council for the Arts Government of Canada Canada Book Fund (CFB) Government of Alberta, Alberta Media Funden
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.15215/aupress/9781771991599.01
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10012/11165
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherAthabasca University Pressen
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/*
dc.subjectAbortionen
dc.subjectAbortion Historyen
dc.subjectCanadaen
dc.subjectWomen's Healthen
dc.subjectWomen's Health Activismen
dc.subjectActivismen
dc.subjectSocial Justiceen
dc.subjectGender Studiesen
dc.subjectOral Historyen
dc.subjectMemoiren
dc.subjectWomen's Studiesen
dc.subjectSociologyen
dc.subjectReproductive Justiceen
dc.subjectCanadian Social Historyen
dc.subjectCanadian Historyen
dc.subjectCanadian Politicsen
dc.titleWithout Apology: Writings on Abortion in Canadaen
dc.typeBooken
uws.contributor.affiliation1Faculty of Artsen
uws.contributor.affiliation2Women's Studiesen
uws.peerReviewStatusUnrevieweden
uws.scholarLevelFacultyen
uws.typeOfResourceTexten

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