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Author Burns, Gene, 1958-

Title The moral veto : framing contraception, abortion, and cultural pluralism in the United States / Gene Burns
Published New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2005

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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 Social values -- United States
Culture conflict -- United States
Cultural pluralism -- United States
Abortion -- Social aspects -- United States
Contraception -- Social aspects -- United States
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Abortion & Birth Control.
Abortion -- Social aspects
Contraception -- Social aspects
Cultural pluralism
Culture conflict
Social values
Empfängnisverhütung
Kulturkonflikt
Moral
Multikulturelle Gesellschaft
Schwangerschaftsabbruch
Pluralistische Gesellschaft
United States
USA
Form Electronic book
ISBN 0511115865
9780511115868
0511115318
9780511115318