Abortion Care as Moral Work

Ethical Considerations of Maternal and Fetal Bodies

Johanna Schoen, Curtis Boyd, Glenna Boyd , Renee Chelian

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Rutgers University Press
30 June 2022

Society & culture: general; Ethical issues & debates; Gender studies: women; Birth control, contraception, family planning; Medicolegal issues

Abortion Care as Moral Work brings together the voices of abortion providers, abortion counselors, clinic owners, neonatologists, bioethicists, and historians to discuss how and why providing abortion care is moral work. The collection offers voices not usually heard as clinicians talk about their work and their thoughts about life and death. In four subsections--Providers, Clinics, Conscience, and The Fetus--the contributions in this anthology explore the historical context and present-day challenges to the delivery of abortion care. Contributing authors address the motivations that lead abortion providers to offer abortion care, discuss the ways in which anti-abortion regulations have made it increasingly difficult to offer feminist-inspired services, and ponder the status of the fetus and the ethical frameworks supporting abortion care and fetal research. Together these essays provide a feminist moral foundation to reassert that abortion care is moral work.

Contributions by: Curtis Boyd, Glenna Boyd, Renee Chelian, Thomas Cunningham
Edited by: Johanna Schoen
Imprint: Rutgers University Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 15mm
Weight: 3g
ISBN: 9780813597263
ISBN 10: 0813597269
Pages: 202
Publication Date: 30 June 2022
Recommended Age: From 18 to 99 years
Audience: College/higher education , College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Unspecified

Introduction: Providing Abortion Care Part 1 Providers 1 A Narrative Morris Turner 2 Being an Abortionist Marc Heller 3 Establishing Abortion Counseling Terry Beresford Part 2 Clinics 4 Providing Compassionate Abortion Care in a Hostile Climate Amy Hagstrom Miller 5 Improving Abortion Care One Clinic at a Time Renee Chelian Part 3 Conscience 6 From Conscience Clauses to Conscience Wars Sara Dubow 7 Abortion as an Act of Conscience Curtis Boyd and Glenna Halvorson-Boyd 8 The Meaning of Viability in Abortion Care Shelley Sella 9 Dangertalk: Voices of Abortion Providers Lisa A. Martin, Jane A. Hassinger, Michelle Debbink, and Lisa H. Harris Part 4 The Fetus 10 How Science Is Made: Nineteenth-Century Embryology and Fetal Interpretations Shannon K. Withycombe 11 A Feminist Defense of Fetal Tissue Research Thomas V. Cunningham 12 Definitions of Viability and Their Meaning for Neonatal Care John Colin Partridge Notes on Contributors Index

JOHANNA SCHOEN is a professor of history at Rutgers University-New Brunswick in New Jersey. She is the author of Choice and Coercion: Birth Control, Sterilization, and Abortion in Public Health and Welfare, and Abortion after Roe.

Reviews for Abortion Care as Moral Work: Ethical Considerations of Maternal and Fetal Bodies

""Beautiful, depressing, and hopeful. This book is crucial for understanding the realities of abortion in America. As told by providers, women who have abortions, and scholars, the stories in this book upend the lie that paints abortion users and practitioners as frivolous and uncaring human beings. Abortion Care reveals the the care, love, and deep morality that guides abortion practice."" — Leslie J. Reagan, author of Dangerous Pregnancies: Mothers, Disabilities, and Abortion in Modern America ""This collection contains some truly moving personal testimony that deserves a wide readership. The voices of providers are what make the collection so powerful.""— Janet Golden, author of Babies Made Us Modern: How Infants Brought Americans into the Twentieth Century ""This collection contains some truly moving personal testimony that deserves a wide readership. The voices of providers are what make the collection so powerful.""— Janet Golden, author of Babies Made Us Modern: How Infants Brought Americans into the Twentieth Century ""Beautiful, depressing, and hopeful. This book is crucial for understanding the realities of abortion in America. As told by providers, women who have abortions, and scholars, the stories in this book upend the lie that paints abortion users and practitioners as frivolous and uncaring human beings. Abortion Care reveals the the care, love, and deep morality that guides abortion practice."" — Leslie J. Reagan, author of Dangerous Pregnancies: Mothers, Disabilities, and Abortion in Modern America