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We are now more than thirty years away from the Supreme Court case
of Roe v Wade, yet the controversy over abortion has not
diminished. Although the 'pro-choice' forces increasingly
acknowledge the central claim of the 'pro-life' side -- that
abortion is a morally portentous act -- they continue to insist
that the well-being of women is absolutely dependent on the legal
right to abortion. The twelve essays in The Costs of 'Choice', all
written by women active in the public square, dispute this claim.
These authors argue that over the last three decades, legal
abortion has had harmful effects on women -- socially, medically,
psychologically and culturally. reaction she experienced when she
'chose' to carry to term a child with Down syndrome, and she argues
that a widespread acceptance of eugenic abortion has made us see
what is a moral issue in narrow cost/benefit terms. Dr Angel
Lanfranchi, co-founder of the Breast Cancer Prevention Institute,
presents evidence supporting a link between induced abortion and
increased risk of breast cancer. spiritually affected the lives of
women she has treated. Including essays by eminent figures such as
Mary Ann Glendon, Learned Hand Professor of Law at Harvard Law
School, and Elizabeth Fox Genovese, Eleonore Raoul Professor of the
Humanities at Emory University, The Cost of 'Choice' captures the
moral, legal, medical and political complexities surrounding
abortion. Agree or disagree, the reader will concur that the
gravity that should accompany any discussion of this difficult
subject is fully on display in this insightful and instructive
book.
Erika Bachiochi offers an original look at the development of
feminism in the United States, advancing a vision of rights that
rests upon our responsibilities to others. In The Rights of Women,
Erika Bachiochi explores the development of feminist thought in the
United States. Inspired by the writings of Mary Wollstonecraft,
Bachiochi presents the intellectual history of a lost vision of
women's rights, seamlessly weaving philosophical insight,
biographical portraits, and constitutional law to showcase the once
predominant view that our rights properly rest upon our concrete
responsibilities to God, self, family, and community. Bachiochi
proposes a philosophical and legal framework for rights that builds
on the communitarian tradition of feminist thought as seen in the
work of Elizabeth Fox-Genovese and Jean Bethke Elshtain. Drawing on
the insight of prominent figures such as Sarah Grimke, Frances
Willard, Florence Kelley, Betty Friedan, Pauli Murray, Ruth Bader
Ginsburg, and Mary Ann Glendon, this book is unique in its
treatment of the moral roots of women's rights in America and its
critique of the movement's current trajectory. The Rights of Women
provides a synthesis of ancient wisdom and modern political insight
that locates the family's vital work at the very center of personal
and political self-government. Bachiochi demonstrates that when
rights are properly understood as a civil and political apparatus
born of the natural duties we owe to one another, they make more
visible our personal responsibilities and more viable our common
life together. This smart and sophisticated application of
Wollstonecraft's thought will serve as a guide for how we might
better value the culturally essential work of the home and thereby
promote authentic personal and political freedom. The Rights of
Women will interest students and scholars of political theory,
gender and women's studies, constitutional law, and all readers
interested in women's rights.
Erika Bachiochi offers an original look at the development of
feminism in the United States, advancing a vision of rights that
rests upon our responsibilities to others. In The Rights of Women,
Erika Bachiochi explores the development of feminist thought in the
United States. Inspired by the writings of Mary Wollstonecraft,
Bachiochi presents the intellectual history of a lost vision of
women's rights, seamlessly weaving philosophical insight,
biographical portraits, and constitutional law to showcase the once
predominant view that our rights properly rest upon our concrete
responsibilities to God, self, family, and community. Bachiochi
proposes a philosophical and legal framework for rights that builds
on the communitarian tradition of feminist thought as seen in the
work of Elizabeth Fox-Genovese and Jean Bethke Elshtain. Drawing on
the insight of prominent figures such as Sarah Grimke, Frances
Willard, Florence Kelley, Betty Friedan, Pauli Murray, Ruth Bader
Ginsburg, and Mary Ann Glendon, this book is unique in its
treatment of the moral roots of women's rights in America and its
critique of the movement's current trajectory. The Rights of Women
provides a synthesis of ancient wisdom and modern political insight
that locates the family's vital work at the very center of personal
and political self-government. Bachiochi demonstrates that when
rights are properly understood as a civil and political apparatus
born of the natural duties we owe to one another, they make more
visible our personal responsibilities and more viable our common
life together. This smart and sophisticated application of
Wollstonecraft's thought will serve as a guide for how we might
better value the culturally essential work of the home and thereby
promote authentic personal and political freedom. The Rights of
Women will interest students and scholars of political theory,
gender and women's studies, constitutional law, and all readers
interested in women's rights.
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