| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 340 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction; 2 Framing Contraception within Moral Worldviews: The Early, Radical Birth Control Movement; 3 The Mainstreaming of Birth Control: A New Alliance with Eugenics and Medicine; 4 Dennetts Moral Worldview and the Catholic Moral Veto: Unsuccessful Frames for Contraception; 5 Abortion before Controversy: Quiet Reform within a Medical, Humanitarian Frame; 6 Abortion and Legislative Stalemate: The Weakness and Strength of the Medical, Humanitarian Frame |
| Summary |
Based on archival and sociological research, and speaking to issues in the study of culture, social movements, and legal change, The Moral Veto: Framing Contraception, Abortion, and Cultural Pluralism in the United States examines the often surprising history of controversies over contraception and abortion |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-329) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Abortion -- Social aspects -- United States.
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Contraception -- Social aspects -- United States.
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Cultural pluralism -- United States.
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Culture conflict -- United States.
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Social values -- United States.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
0511115318 |
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0511115865 (electronic bk.) |
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9780511115318 |
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9780511115868 (electronic bk.) |
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(Cloth) |
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