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Author Wilson, Joshua C., author.

Title The new states of abortion politics / Joshua C. Wilson
Published Stanford, California : Stanford Briefs, an imprint of Stanford University Press, [2016]

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 116 pages)
Contents Preface : the professionalization of abortion politics -- Violence, law, and abortion politics -- From allies to alliances in the anti-abortion movement -- The past as the possible future of abortion politics
Summary "The 2014 Supreme Court ruling on McCullen v. Coakley striking down a Massachusetts law regulating anti-abortion activism marked the reengagement of the Supreme Court in abortion politics. A throwback to the days of clinic-front protests, the decision seemed a means to reinvigorate the old street politics of abortion. The Court's ruling also highlights the success of a decades' long effort by anti-abortion activists to transform the very politics of abortion. The New States of Abortion Politics, written by leading scholar Joshua C. Wilson, tells the story of this movement, from streets to legislative halls to courtrooms. With the end of clinic-front activism, lawyers and politicians took on the fight. Anti-abortion activists moved away from a doomed frontal assault on Roe v. Wade and adopted an incremental strategy—putting anti-abortion causes on the offensive in friendly state forums and placing reproductive rights advocates on the defense in the courts. The Supreme Court ruling on Whole Woman's Health v. Hellerstedt in 2016 makes the stakes for abortion politics higher than ever. This book elucidates how—and why"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on December 21, 2017)
Subject Abortion -- Law and legislation -- United States
Abortion -- Government policy -- United States
Abortion -- Political aspects -- United States
Pro-life movement -- United States
LAW -- Constitutional.
LAW -- Public.
Aborto -- Derecho y legislación -- Estados Unidos
Aborto -- Política gubernamental -- Estados Unidos
Aborto -- Estados Unidos -- Aspectos políticos
Abortion -- Government policy
Abortion -- Law and legislation
Abortion -- Political aspects
Pro-life movement
United States
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2016014481
ISBN 9781503600539
150360053X