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MsJaneFuzzyWuzzy

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1. your post made me curious so I googled
Sun Oct 25, 2015, 08:20 PM
Oct 2015
http://www.amazon.com/Pro-Reclaiming-Abortion-Katha-Pollitt/dp/1250072662
published at the end of July of this year.

http://us.macmillan.com/proreclaimingabortionrights/kathapollitt

Pro: Reclaiming Abortion Rights
Katha Pollitt
Picador

A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR

An "important, revelatory new book" (Elle) that is a powerful argument for abortion as a moral right and force for social good

Forty years after the landmark Roe v. Wade ruling, "abortion" is still a word that is said with outright hostility or vague discomfort by many, this despite the fact that one in three American women will have terminated at least one pregnancy by the time they reach menopause. Even those who support a woman's right to terminate her pregnancy often qualify their support by saying abortion is a "bad thing," an "agonizing decision," thereby placing the medical procedure on a pedestal so remote and radioactive that it takes it out of the world of the everyday, turning an act that is often necessary, and often welcomed, into something shameful and secretive. Meanwhile with each passing day the rights upheld by the Supreme Court are being systematically eroded by state laws designed to end abortion outright.

In this controversial and necessary book, Katha Pollitt reframes abortion as a common part of a woman's reproductive life, one that should be accepted as a moral right with positive social implications. In clear, concise arguments, Pollitt takes on the personhood argument, reaffirms the priority of a woman's life and health, and discusses why terminating a pregnancy can be a force for good for women, families, and society. By whole-heartedly defending abortion rights, Pollitt argues, we reclaim the lives and the rights of women and mothers.

Thank you for posting about it.

I'm not familiar with Alternative Radio, but it seems there is a charge to download the program:
http://www.alternativeradio.org/collections/latest-programs/products/polk001

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