Beyond Pro-life and Pro-choice: The Changing Politics of Abortion in Britain

Beyond Pro-life and Pro-choice: The Changing Politics of Abortion in Britain
ISBN-10
1529205387
ISBN-13
9781529205381
Series
Beyond Pro-Life and Pro-Choice
Category
Social Science
Pages
234
Language
English
Published
2020-01-22
Publisher
Policy Press
Authors
fran, Amery

Description

Examining the changing pluralities of contemporary abortion debate in Britain, this innovative and important book shows why it is necessary to move beyond an understanding of abortion politics as characterised in binary terms by ‘pro-choice’ versus ‘pro-life’. Amery traces the evolution of political and parliamentary discourses from the passage of the Abortion Act in the 1960s to the present day, and argues that the current provision of abortion in Britain rests on assumptions about medical authority over women’s reproductive decision-making which are unsustainable. She explores new arguments around sex-selective abortion, disability rights, pre-abortion counselling and the push for decriminalization, and radically reconceptualizes the debate to account for these new battlegrounds in abortion politics.

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