Petchesky R.P. Abortion and Woman’s Choice: The State, Sexuality, and Reproductive Freedom

Northeastern; Rev. ed., 1990. — 416 p. — (Series: Northeastern Series on Feminist Theory)A holistic understanding of abortion from a feminist perspective, including the history of its practice and state policies to contain it; the social, economic, and cultural conditions under which women utilize it; and the legal, moral, and political battles that surround it.FrontmatterIntroduction: Beyond "A Woman's Right to Choose" Feminist Ideas about Reproductive Rights
FERTILITY CONTROL IN THEORY AND HISTORY
Fertility, Gender, and Class
Abortion and the State: Nineteenth-Century Criminalization
Abortion and the State: Twentieth-Century Legalization
ABORTION PRACTICE IN THE 1970s
The Social and Economic Conditions of Women Who Get Abortions
Considering the Alternatives: The Problems of Contraception
Abortion and Heterosexual Culture: The Teenage Question
SEXUAL POLITICS IN THE 1980s
The Antiabortion Movement and the Rise of the New Right
Protecting Family Integrity: The Rightward Drift in the Courts
Morality and Personhood: A Feminist Perspective
Women's Consciousness and the Abortion Decision
Conclusion: Feminism and the Conditions of Reproductive Freedom