The Moral Veto: Framing Contraception, Abortion, and Cultural Pluralism in the United States (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780521609845)

Why have legislative initiatives occurred on such controversial issues as contraception and abortion at times when activist movements had demobilized and the public seemed indifferent? Why have abortion and contraception sometimes been framed as matters of medical practice, and at other times as matters of moral significance? Based on archival and sociological research, and speaking to issues in the study of culture, social movements, and legal change, The Moral Veto examines what the history of controversies over morally charged issues tells us about cultural pluralism in the U.S.

Author: Gene Burns
ISBN-10: 0521609844
ISBN-13: 9780521609845
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 04/11/2005
Pages: 354
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.03lbs
Size: 8.36h x 5.84w x 0.83d