Description
Book SynopsisA long-overdue update on the dynamics of abortion politics in Canada, After Morgentaler explores the role of both state and non-state actors in the creation and maintenance of access to abortion services following the 1988 Morgentaler decision.
Trade Review"After Morgentaler provides a nuanced examination of the legislative and judicial actions that shaped access to abortion in Canada in the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries."
"After Morgentaler is an important and compelling contribution to Canadian abortion scholarship."
-- Katrina Ackerman * Canadian Historical Review *
Table of ContentsIntroduction
1 The Anti-abortion, Pro-choice, and Reproductive Justice Movements
2 Federal Politics and the Supreme Court
3 Abortion in the Provinces
4 Abortion as Health Care
5 Social Movement Activism in the Provinces
6 Never Going Back
Appendices; Notes; References; Index
