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 How the Pro-Choice Movement Saved AmericaSex, Virtue, and the Way We Live Nowby Christina Page Jan 30, 2006
DescriptionA pithy polemic bolstered by solid research, intellectual heft, and firsthand reporting, this is a book poised to change the debate over reproductive rights in this country wholesale. As activist and writer Cristina Page shows, the gains made by birth-control advocates (historically) and pro-choice organizations (currently) have formed the bedrock of freedoms few Americans would choose to live without. Now, not only is the future of legal abortion far from guaranteed, in many parts of the country ready access to many forms of contraception is in jeopardy as well. And that development, Page argues, should have everyone, regardless of moral or political persuasion, deeply concerned. For these basic freedoms are not just for the freewheeling gals of "Sex and the City," but are central to the lives of working mothers and fathers from Phoenix to Duluth, churchgoers and nonbelievers alike. Page crystallizes the thoughts and attitudes of a generation of women and men whose voices are seldom heard in the political arena. How the Pro-Choice Movement Saved America is the first book to address the positive transformation our society has undergone because of our ability to plan when and if to have children. It also exposes the anti-choice movement's far-reaching-and dangerous-agenda. Fresh, bold, and stocked with counterintuitive arguments, this is a book bound to form the basis for heated conversations nationwide. Reviews"Cristina Page puts into high relief the hypocrisy of the pro-life movement. . . Most insightfully Page looks at prevailing attitudes toward sex, parenthood, and family planning among American adults to analyze how the pro-life movement is deeply out-of-touch with the majority for which it claims to speak. . . seeing [Page’s anecdotes and statistics] together in one book is powerful, and sure to galvanize your inner activist." “A spirited, thought-provoking addition to the culture wars” “A provocative salvo in the abortion wars” Selling TerritoryWorld Excluding UK & Commonwealth |
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