Foreword / Friedhelm Neidhardt -- Pt. I. Introduction -- 1. Two Related Stories -- 2. Historical Context -- 3. Methods -- Pt. II. Major Outcomes -- 4. The Discursive Opportunity Structure -- 5. Standing -- 6. Framing -- Pt. III. Representing Different Constituencies -- 7. Representing Women's Claims -- 8. Representing Religious Claims -- 9. Representing the Tradition of the Left -- Pt. IV. The Quality of Abortion Discourse -- 10. Normative Criteria for the Public Sphere -- 11. Measuring the Quality of Discourse -- 12. Metatalk -- 13. Lessons for Democracy and the Public Sphere