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Anti-Abortion Activism in the UK - Ultra-sacrificial Motherhood, Religion and Reproductive Rights in the Public Sphere (Hardcover)
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Anti-Abortion Activism in the UK - Ultra-sacrificial Motherhood, Religion and Reproductive Rights in the Public Sphere (Hardcover)
Series: Emerald Studies in Reproduction, Culture and Society
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Drawing from extensive ethnographic research on abortion debates in
public spaces, this book explores the beliefs, motivations and
practices of UK anti-abortion activists. Whilst they represent a
tiny minority, there is recent evidence of an increase in activism
outside UK abortion clinics; faith-based groups regularly organise
'vigils' seeking to deter service users from entering clinics. In
response to this, pro-choice groups launched a campaign for
buffer-zones around clinics. Although there is overwhelming public
support for abortion, it remains an area of public contestation
that touches on ideas about bodily autonomy, religious freedom and
reproductive rights. Despite being active in the UK since before
the 1967 Abortion Act, anti-abortion activism has received little
attention. Taking a lived religion approach, Anti-Abortion Activism
in the UK explores the sacred and profane commitments of
anti-abortion activists and counter-demonstrations outside clinics,
examining the contestations over space. The authors argue that as a
moral reform social movement, the anti-abortion activists typically
frame their activism in terms of risk and abortion harm, but their
religiously-informed understanding of ultra-sacrificial motherhood
as 'natural' for women undermines this framing. Their conservative
gender and sexuality attitudes position them culturally as a moral
minority. The displays of public religion are also anomalous in a
country in which religion is usually seen as a private issue. Their
presence outside abortion clinics causes a significant amount of
distress, but public support for the establishment of safe zones
outside of abortion-service provision is strong and is a
proportionate response to safeguard the freedoms of those seeking
abortion.
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