{"product_id":"the-street-politics-of-abortion-joshua-c-wilson-9780804785341","title":"The Street Politics of Abortion: Speech, Violence, and America's Culture Wars","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe U.S. Supreme Court decision in \u003ci\u003eRoe v. Wade\u003c\/i\u003e stands as a historic victory for abortion-rights activists. But rather than serving as the coda to what had been a comparatively low-profile social conflict, the decision mobilized a wave of anti-abortion protests and ignited a heated struggle that continues to this day. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePicking up the story in the contentious decades that followed \u003ci\u003eRoe\u003c\/i\u003e, The Street Politics of Abortion is the first book to consider the rise and fall of clinic-front protests through the 1980s and 1990s, the most visible and contentious period in U.S. reproductive politics. Joshua Wilson considers how street level protests lead to three seminal Court decisions--\u003ci\u003ePlanned Parenthood v. Williams, Schenck v. Pro-Choice Network of Western N.Y.\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eHill v. Colorado\u003c\/i\u003e. The eventual demise of street protests via these cases taught anti-abortion activists the value of incremental institutional strategies that could produce concrete policy gains without drawing the public's attention. Activists on both sides ultimately moved--often literally--from the streets to fight in state legislative halls and courtrooms.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAt its core, the story of clinic-front protests is the story of the Christian Right's mercurial assent as a force in American politics. As the conflict moved from the street, to the courts, and eventually to legislative halls, the competing sides came to rely on a network of lawyers and professionals to champion their causes. New Christian Right institutions--including Pat Robertson's American Center for Law and Justice and the Regent University Law School, and Jerry Falwell's Liberty University School of Law--trained elite activists for their \"front line\" battles in government. Wilson demonstrates how the abortion-rights movement, despite its initial success with \u003ci\u003eRoe\u003c\/i\u003e, has since faced continuous challenges and difficulties, while the anti-abortion movement continues to gain strength in spite of its losses.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Joshua C. Wilson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0804785341\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780804785341\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Stanford Law Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/04\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 260\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2013 pg. 90\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2014","brand":"Joshua C. Wilson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43994908655871,"sku":"9780804785341","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_3df24542-9641-4a6e-9ff6-cf248d367623.jpg?v=1683332886","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-street-politics-of-abortion-joshua-c-wilson-9780804785341","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}