Beyond Choice: Reproductive Freedom In The 21st Century (2005)

This controversial call-to-arms to the pro-choice movement-now with a new epilogue-is more important then ever in the wake of the 2004 election Thirty years after Roe v. Wade, the world has changed, but the pro-choice argument hasn't. Stuck with an argument that doesn't address moral concerns, the movement has lost many political battles and seems in danger of losing the hearts and minds of a new generation. In Beyond Choice, International Planned Parenthood Council Chair Alexander Sanger issues the pro-choice movement a stern rallying cry-and offers en route a provocative and unprecedented case for the moral rightness of choice. Recasting abortion as a positive good, Sanger argues persuasively that abortion in fact favors the cause of li... full descriptionfe, propagates health, and best serves the biological demands of the species. Beyond Choice offers a dynamic new perspective on the abortion debate. As social conservatives emboldened by Bush's re-election gain ground, Beyond Choice is a vital reference and resource-not only for members of the pro-choice movement, but for human rights activists, opinion leaders, medical ethicists, and anyone concerned to preserve our freedom to reproduce, or not, without government intervention. (less description)

Author: Alexander Sanger

Categories: World, Current Events, Philosophy, Social Sciences, Women's Studies, History, Nonfiction