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1	Abortion and the Conscience of the Nation more books like this by Ronald Reagan add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.00! \| first editions \| SVS
2	Forbidden Grief: The Unspoken Pain of Abortion more books like this by Theresa Burke, David C Reardon add to wishlist Dr. Burke exposes the obstacles in the way of post-abortion healing, reviews the full range and depth of post-abortion adjustment problems and how to resolve them. see all copies from $16.89! new only from $39.98!
3	A Mother's Ordeal: One Woman's Fight Against China's One-Child Policy more books like this by Steven W Mosher add to wishlist Social scientist and China expert Mosher relates the story of Chi An, a former population-control worker in China, whose own second pregnancy became the catalyst for her fight to stay in the U.S. "A searing and candid look at a place where the state brutally intrudes into the most intimate parts of a woman's life".--Kirkus Reviews. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $52.74! \| signed copies \| first editions
4	Contraception and Abortion in Nineteenth-Century America more books like this by Janet Farrell Brodie add to wishlist In pocket-sized, coded diaries, an upper-middle-class American woman named Mary Poor recorded with small "x's" the occasions of sexual intercourse with her husband Henry over a twenty-eight-year period. Janet Farrell Brodie introduces this engaging pair early in a book that is certain to be the definitive study of family limitation in nineteenth ... see all copies from $8.50! new only from $14.95! \| first editions \| SVS
5	The Moral Property of Women: A History of Birth Control Politics in America more books like this by Linda Gordon add to wishlist The only book to cover the entire history of birth control and the intense controversies about reproduction rights that have raged in the United States for more than 150 years, "The Moral Property of Women" is a thoroughly updated and revised version of the award-winning historian Linda Gordon's classic history "Woman's Body, Woman's Right", ... see all copies from $18.18! new only from $18.18! \| SVS
6	Abortion and the Politics of Motherhood more books like this by Kristin Luker add to wishlist In this important study of the abortion controversy in the United States, Kristin Luker examines the issues, people, and beliefs on both sides of the abortion conflict. She draws data from twenty years of public documents and newspaper accounts, as well as over two hundred interviews with both pro-life and pro-choice activists. She argues that ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $27.03! \| first editions \| SVS
7	Won by Love more books like this by Norma McCorvey, Gary Thomas add to wishlist In this autobiography by Norma McCorvey, the "Jane Roe of Roe v. Wade", you have the opportunity to read the behind-the-scenes report of one of this century's most surprising and public confessions of faith. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.45! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
8	The Ethics of Abortion: Pro-Life Vs. Pro-Choice more books like this by Robert M Baird (Editor), Stuart E Rosenbaum (Editor) add to wishlist Comprehensive and balanced, this new third edition again makes available the most useful writing on the controversial abortion issue. Twenty-four essays and four excerpts from landmark Supreme Court decisions - including eleven new outstanding contributions - cover the history of abortion in the pre-Roe period; creative responses to the problem of ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $14.63! \| first editions \| SVS
9	Conceiving the New World Order: Global Politics of Reproduct more books like this by Faye D Ginsburg (Editor), Rayna Rapp (Editor) add to wishlist This volume provides an investigation of the dynamics of reproduction. In a broad spectrum of essays, a group of feminist scholars and activists explore the complexity of contemporary sexual politics around the globe. Using reproduction as an entry point in the study of social life and placing it at the centre of social theory, the authors examine ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $33.54! \| SVS
10	Grand Illusions-The Legacy of Planned Parenthood more books like this by Dr. George Grant add to wishlist This thoroughly researched, comprehensively documented work is the single best-selling volume of all time on Planned Parenthood. Discussed are the legal precedents, court decisions, educational initiatives, political machinations, cultural ramifications, sociological consequences, and theological implications. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.95! \| first editions \| SVS
11	Beyond Choice: Reproductive Freedom in the 21st Century more books like this by Alexander Sanger add to wishlist Thirty years after Roe v. Wade, the argument between "pro-choicers" and "pro-lifers" has reached stalemate. Pro-choice arguments haven't persuaded a comfortable majority that legal abortion is vital to our society, nor addressed our moral qualms. Younger people are less and less supportive of reproductive rights. Since 1996, state legislatures ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
12	Defending Life: A Moral and Legal Case Against Abortion Choice more books like this by Francis J Beckwith add to wishlist Defending Life is arguably the most comprehensive defense of the prolife position on abortion - morally, legally, and politically - that has ever been published in an academic monograph. It offers a detailed and critical analysis of Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey as well as arguments by those who defend a Rawlsian case for abortion ... see all copies from $13.34! new only from $13.34! \| SVS
13 view cover	The Pro-Choice Movement: Organization and Activism in the Abortion Conflict more books like this by Suzanne Staggenborg add to wishlist In this highly-praised analysis of the controversial pro-choice movement, Suzanne Staggenborg traces the development of the movement from its origins through the 1980s. She shows how a small group of activists were able to build on the momentum created by other social movements of the 1960s to win their cause-the legalization of abortion in 1973 ... see all copies from $11.00! new only from $22.98! \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	Abortion: The Silent Holocaust more books like this by John Powell, S.J. add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $71.51! \| first editions
15 view cover	Wrath of Angels more books like this by Jim Risen, James Risen, Judy L Thomas add to wishlist A history of the anti-abortion movement since Roe v. Wade. Viewing the anti-abortion movement as a social protest movement that ultimately turned to violence, the authors see the abortion issue as a rallying point for those who would eventually form the politically powerful religious right. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.49! \| first editions
16	Abortion: A Rational Look at an Emotional Issue more books like this by R C Sproul, Jr. add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.46! \| first editions
17 view cover	Breaking the Abortion Deadlock: From Choice to Consent more books like this by Eileen L McDonagh add to wishlist This book attempts to reframe abortion rights by focusing not on a woman's right to choose abortion, but rather on a woman's right to consent to pregnancy. Drawing on legal, medical, and philosophical definitions of pregnancy, it disaggregates the consent to sexual intercourse from the consent to pregnancy and argues that men and women have equal ... see all copies from $2.62! new only from $10.00! \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	Controlling Reproduction: An American History: An American History more books like this by Andrea Tone (Editor) add to wishlist Few topics stir stronger interest than birth control and abortion. Divisive opinions abound. This informative, detailed text contains 39 writings on the history of reproduction in the U.S. The historical path of reproduction control is viewed in the contexts of politics, law, medicine, sexuality, business, and social change. Because birth control ... see all copies from $2.19! new only from $20.95!
19	I Am Roe: My Life, Roe V. Wade, and Freedom of Choice more books like this by Norma McCorvey, Andy Meisner add to wishlist Norma McCorvey was a pregnant, unwed, unemployed 22-year-old when, after a frightening attempt at a back-alley abortion, she was introduced to a team of public-spirited attorneys. She then became the plaintiff in the landmark "Roe v. Wade" case, and took her fight for an abortion to the Supreme Court. Norma McCorvey is an ordinary working-class ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $39.98! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	Bearing Right: How Conservatives Won the Abortion War more books like this by William Saletan add to wishlist In his gripping, behind-the-scenes account, journalist William Saletan reveals exactly how, thirty years after Roe v. Wade, 'pro-choice' conservatives have won the abortion war. Having successfully turned abortion into a privacy issue, conservatives now prevail on issues ranging from abortion's legality and parental notification to Medicaid, rape, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.95! \| first editions \| SVS
21 view cover	Aborted Women, Silent No More more books like this by David Reardon add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.70! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	Contested Lives: The Abortion Debate in an American Community, Updated Edition more books like this by Faye D Ginsburg add to wishlist Based on the struggle over a Fargo, North Dakota, abortion clinic, this text explores one of the central social conflicts of the late 20th century. 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 1990s, which saw the emergence of Operation Rescue ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $15.62!
23 view cover	The Moral Veto: Framing Contraception, Abortion, and Cultural Pluralism in the United States more books like this by Gene Burns add to wishlist Why have legislative initiatives occurred on such controversial issues as contraception and abortion at times when activist movements had demobilized and the public seemed indifferent? Why did the South - currently a region where anti-abortion sentiment is stronger than in most of the country-liberalize its abortion laws in the 1960s at a faster ... see all copies from $4.98! new only from $4.98! \| SVS
24 view cover	How the Pro-Choice Movement Saved America: Freedom, Politics, and the War on Sex more books like this by Cristina Page add to wishlist A young activist reveals that the Pro-Life Movement's real agenda in America is a war on contraception, family-planning and sexual freedom. A 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 America. As activist and writer Cristina ... see all copies from $3.75! new only from $3.75! \| SVS
25 view cover	Why Pro-Life? more books like this by Randy Alcorn add to wishlist Bumpersticker slogans prevail, but you want the facts. Pro-choicers, pro-lifers, and fence-straddlers alike will appreciate the answers given here in a concise, straightforward, and nonabrasive manner. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.34! \| SVS

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