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Fighting to choose : the abortion rights struggle in New Zealand / Alison McCulloch.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Wellington, [N.Z.] : Victoria University Press, 2013Copyright date: ©2013Description: 339 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780864738868 (pbk.)
Subject(s):
Contents:
Part one: the 1970s. Preparing the ground -- Second wave -- Protagonists -- Anti-abortionists -- Church -- Catholic Voice -- Clinic -- Trial -- Backlash -- Royal Commission -- Report -- 1937: the McMillan Report -- 1946: the Population Committee -- 1954: Mazengarb -- 1977: the Royal Commission -- Final analysis -- Law -- Aftermath -- Part two: the 1980s and beyond. Rising right -- Sex and contraception -- Double standards -- Moyle affair -- Struggle continues -- New millennium -- Conclusion -- Autonomy -- Permanent campaign -- No apologies.
Summary: Fighting to Choose chronicles one of the most important yet neglected chapters in New Zealand's recent political history. More than thirty years ago, at the height of the second wave of feminism, New Zealand passed one of the most regressive abortion laws in the Western world. How did this happen in a country that prided itself on its progressive social policies - particularly its record on women's rights? And why is such a cumbersome, expensive, endlessly litigated set of statutes still on the books? Fighting to Choose sets out to answer those questions by chronicling one of the most important and yet neglected chapters in New Zealand's recent political history. Based on interviews and in-depth research in numerous archives as well as personal and public collections of papers, Fighting to Choose introduces readers to the main players in what was - and continues to be - an intense and impassioned struggle, analyses their tactics and investigates what happened, and why.
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Heritage & Archives Alexander Library | Te Rerenga Mai o Te Kauru Heritage Collections Reference - not for loan 363.46 MCC 1 Reference Only T00608512
Non-Fiction Davis (Central) Library Non-Fiction Non-Fiction 363.46 MCC 1 Available T00555195
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

More than 35 years ago, at the height of the second wave of feminism, New Zealand passed a conservative abortion law that bucked a trend in the West toward liberalization. How did this happen in a country proud of its progressive social policies, particularly its record on women's rights? And why is such a cumbersome, expensive, endlessly litigated set of statutes still on the books?

In Fighting to Choose: The Abortion Rights Struggle in New Zealand, Alison McCulloch sets out to answer those questions by taking a close look at the people involved and the tactics they employed in waging what was-and continues to be-an intense and impassioned battle.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part one: the 1970s. Preparing the ground -- Second wave -- Protagonists -- Anti-abortionists -- Church -- Catholic Voice -- Clinic -- Trial -- Backlash -- Royal Commission -- Report -- 1937: the McMillan Report -- 1946: the Population Committee -- 1954: Mazengarb -- 1977: the Royal Commission -- Final analysis -- Law -- Aftermath -- Part two: the 1980s and beyond. Rising right -- Sex and contraception -- Double standards -- Moyle affair -- Struggle continues -- New millennium -- Conclusion -- Autonomy -- Permanent campaign -- No apologies.

Fighting to Choose chronicles one of the most important yet neglected chapters in New Zealand's recent political history. More than thirty years ago, at the height of the second wave of feminism, New Zealand passed one of the most regressive abortion laws in the Western world. How did this happen in a country that prided itself on its progressive social policies - particularly its record on women's rights? And why is such a cumbersome, expensive, endlessly litigated set of statutes still on the books? Fighting to Choose sets out to answer those questions by chronicling one of the most important and yet neglected chapters in New Zealand's recent political history. Based on interviews and in-depth research in numerous archives as well as personal and public collections of papers, Fighting to Choose introduces readers to the main players in what was - and continues to be - an intense and impassioned struggle, analyses their tactics and investigates what happened, and why.

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