Description
Book SynopsisThis volume highlights abortion experiences in the post-Morgentaler era and links new approaches to abortion history and research to the growing movement for reproductive justice.
Trade ReviewAbortion is unique in that it ties together the perspectives of scholars in history, politics, and law, as opposed to other compilations that focus on works from one particular field, echoing the intersectionality of modern day reproductive justice framework. -- Megan Siu, Community Developer & Educational Specialist Centre, CPLEA * Canadian Law Library Review *
[…][i]n 2019 it is ever more evident that a broader concept of reproductive justice is one that encompasses not only our reproductive health but legal, social and economic justice as well. This book helps move us in that direction.
-- Amanda Le Rougetel * Herizons *
Table of ContentsIntroduction / Shannon Stettner, Kristin Burnett, and Travis Hay
Part 1: History
1 Different Histories: Reproduction, Colonialism, and Treaty 7 Communities in Southern Alberta, 1880–1940 / Kristin Burnett
2 Not Guilty but Guilty? Race, Rumour, and Respectability in the 1882 Abortion Trial of Letitia Munson / Rebecca Beausaert
3 Abortion and Birth Control on the Canadian Prairies: Feminists, Catholics, and Family Values in the 1970s / Erika Dyck
Part 2: Experience
4 He Is Still Unwanted: Women’s Assertions of Authority over Abortion in Letters to the Royal Commission on the Status of Women in Canada / Shannon Stettner
5 Abortion on Trial: Abortion Tribunals in the 1970s and 1980s / Beth Palmer
6 The Dark, Well-Kept Secret: Abortion Experiences in the Maritime Provinces / Katrina Ackerman
7 When Research Is Personal and Political: Researchers Reflect on the Study of Abortion / Marion Doull, Christabelle Sethna, Evelyne Morrissette, and Caitlin Scott
Part 3: Politics
8 Functionally Inaccessible: Historical Conflicts in Legal and Medical Access to Abortion / Frances E. Chapman and Tracy Penny Light
9 Morgentaler and the Technological Production of Embodiment / Jen Rinaldi
10 Between a Woman and Her Doctor? The Medicalization of Abortion Politics in Canada / Rachael Johnstone
11 Subverting the Constitution: Anti-abortion Policies and Activism in the United States and Canada / Lori Brown, J. Shoshanna Ehrlich, and Colleen MacQuarrie
Part 4: Discourse and Reproductive Justice
12 The Future of Pro-choice Discourse in Canada / Kelly Gordon and Paul Saurette
13 Reproductive Justice in Canada: Exploring Immigrant Women’s Experiences / Laura Salamanca
14 Toxic Matters: Vital and Material Struggles for Environmental Reproductive Justice / Sarah Marie Wiebe
Conclusion / Kristin Burnett and Shannon Stettner
