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A review by jonathonjones
Pro: Reclaiming Abortion Rights by Katha Pollitt
4.0
It’s refreshing to read a book that is not merely defending abortion as a right to do something unfortunate but necessary, but instead presenting a positive case for abortion and its role in a larger theme of reproductive justice. Centering the role it plays in actual lives, to help those lives have children when they are ready (rather than randomly).
It eventually gets a bit repetitive, and the picture she paints of abortion opponents doesn’t seem very fair or nuanced (they are presented as not actually caring about the fetuses, but are REALLY concerned about controlling women). But as a positive case for abortion, it succeeds very well.
It eventually gets a bit repetitive, and the picture she paints of abortion opponents doesn’t seem very fair or nuanced (they are presented as not actually caring about the fetuses, but are REALLY concerned about controlling women). But as a positive case for abortion, it succeeds very well.