TY  - BOOK
AU  - Wilson,Joshua C.
TI  - The new states of abortion politics
SN  - 9780804792028 (pbk. : alk. paper)
AV  - KF3771 .W55 2016
U1  - 342.7308/4 
PY  - 2016///]
CY  - Stanford, California
PB  - Stanford Briefs, an imprint of Stanford University Press
KW  - Abortion
KW  - Law and legislation
KW  - United States
KW  - Government policy
KW  - Political aspects
KW  - Pro-life movement
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 103-116); Preface : the professionalization of abortion politics -- Violence, law, and abortion politics -- From allies to alliances in the anti-abortion movement -- The past as the possible future of abortion politics
N2  - "The 2014 Supreme Court ruling on McCullen v. Coakley striking down a Massachusetts law regulating anti-abortion activism marked the reengagement of the Supreme Court in abortion politics. A throwback to the days of clinic-front protests, the decision seemed a means to reinvigorate the old street politics of abortion. The Court's ruling also highlights the success of a decades' long effort by anti-abortion activists to transform the very politics of abortion. The New States of Abortion Politics, written by leading scholar Joshua C. Wilson, tells the story of this movement, from streets to legislative halls to courtrooms. With the end of clinic-front activism, lawyers and politicians took on the fight. Anti-abortion activists moved away from a doomed frontal assault on Roe v. Wade and adopted an incremental strategyputting anti-abortion causes on the offensive in friendly state forums and placing reproductive rights advocates on the defense in the courts. The Supreme Court ruling on Whole Woman's Health v. Hellerstedt in 2016 makes the stakes for abortion politics higher than ever. This book elucidates howand why." -- Back cover
ER  -