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Author Holland, Jennifer L., 1981- author.

Title Tiny you a western history of the anti-abortion movement Jennifer L. Holland
Published Oakland, California University of California Press [2020]
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Description 1 online resource (xi, 310 pages)
Contents Introduction -- Rolling across party lines -- Imagining life -- Claiming religion -- Redefining women's rights -- Politicizing the young -- Making family values -- Conclusion
Summary "Tiny You tells the story of one of the most successful political movements of the twentieth century: the grassroots campaign against legalized abortion. While Americans have rapidly changed their minds about sex education, pornography, arts funding, gay teachers, and ultimately gay marriage, opposition to legalized abortion has only grown. As other socially conservative movements have lost young activists, the pro-life movement has successfully recruited more young people to their cause. Jennifer L. Holland explores why abortion dominates conservative politics like no other cultural issue. Looking at anti-abortion movements in four western states since the 1960s--turning to the fetal pins passed around church services, the graphic images exchanged between friends, and the fetus dolls given to children in school--she argues that activists made fetal life feel personal to many Americans. Pro-life activists persuaded people to see themselves in the pins, images, and dolls they held in their hands and made the fight against abortion the primary bread-and-butter issue for social conservatives. Holland ultimately demonstrates that the success of the pro-life movement lies in the borrowed logic and emotional power of leftist activism"-- Provided by publisher
Analysis abortion clinics
abortion
activism
anti abortion movements
conservative movements
conservative politics
fetal life
fetal pins
fetus dolls
graphic images
grassroots
history
legalized abortion
pathos
political movements
politics
pro choice
pro life
reproductive rights
rhetoric
social change
social conservatives
social issues
womens health
Notes "The work of anti-abortion activists touched all parts of the United States but they affected some regions more than others ... Tiny You examines the movement in Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, and Utah"--Page 3
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes In English
Print version record
Subject Pro-life movement -- West (U.S.) -- Case studies
Pro-life movement -- West (U.S.) -- History -- 20th century
HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY)
Pro-life movement
West United States
Genre/Form Case studies
History
Case studies.
Études de cas.
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2019049759
ISBN 9780520968479
0520968476