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Scarlet A - The Ethics, Law, and Politics of Ordinary Abortion (Paperback)
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Scarlet A - The Ethics, Law, and Politics of Ordinary Abortion (Paperback)
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Winner of the NCTE George Orwell Award for Distinguished
Contribution to Honesty and Clarity in Public Language Although Roe
v. Wade identified abortion as a constitutional right in1973, it
still bears stigma-a proverbial scarlet A. Millions of Americans
have participated in or benefited from an abortion, but few want to
reveal that they have done so. Approximately one in five
pregnancies in the US ends in abortion. Why is something so common,
which has been legal so long, still a source of shame and secrecy?
Why is it so regularly debated by politicians, and so seldom
divulged from friend to friend? This book explores the personal
stigma that prevents many from sharing their abortion experiences
with friends and family in private conversation, and the structural
stigma that keeps it that way. In public discussion, both
proponents and opponents of abortion's legality tend to focus on
extraordinary cases. This tendency keeps the national debate
polarized and contentious, and keeps our focus on the cases that
occur the least. Professor Katie Watson focuses instead on the
cases that happen the most, which she calls "ordinary abortion."
Scarlet A gives the reflective reader a more accurate impression of
what the majority of American abortion practice really looks like.
It explains how our silence around private experience has distorted
public opinion, and how including both ordinary abortion and
abortion ethics could make our public exchanges more fruitful. In
Scarlet A, Watson wisely and respectfully navigates one of the most
divisive topics in contemporary life. This book explains the law of
abortion, challenges the toxic politics that make it a public
football and private secret, offers tools for more productive
private exchanges, and leads the way to a more robust public
discussion of abortion ethics. Scarlet A combines storytelling and
statistics to bring the story of ordinary abortion out of the
shadows, painting a rich, rarely seen picture of how patients and
doctors currently think and act, and ultimately inviting readers to
tell their own stories and draw their own conclusions. The
paperback edition includes a new preface by the author addressing
recent cultural developments in abortion discourse and new legal
threats to reproductive rights, and updated statistics throughout.
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