{"product_id":"a-womans-life-is-a-human-life-my-mother-our-neighbor-and-the-journey-from-reproductive-rights-to-reproductive-justice-paperback","title":"A Woman's Life Is a Human Life: My Mother, Our Neighbor, and the Journey from Reproductive Rights to Reproductive Justice - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eFelicia Kornbluh\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished to coincide with the 50th anniversary of \u003ci\u003eRoe v. Wade\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003ethis urgent book\u003cbr\u003efrom historian Felicia Kornbluh reveals\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e two movement victories in New York that forever changed the politics of reproductive rights nationally\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBefore there was a \"Jane Roe,\" the\u003cbr\u003emost important champions of reproductive rights were ordinary people working in\u003cbr\u003etheir local communities. In \u003ci\u003eA Woman's Life Is\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ea Human Life\u003c\/i\u003e, historian Felicia Kornbluh\u003cbr\u003edelivers the untold story of everyday activists who defined those rights and\u003cbr\u003eachieved them, in the years immediately before and after \u003ci\u003eRoe\u003cbr\u003ev. Wade\u003c\/i\u003e made abortion legal under federal\u003cbr\u003elaw.\u003ci\u003eA Woman's Life Is a Human Life \u003c\/i\u003eis\u003cbr\u003ethe story of two movements in New York that transformed the politics of\u003cbr\u003ereproductive rights: the fight to decriminalize abortion and the fight against\u003cbr\u003esterilization abuse, which happened disproportionately in communities of color\u003cbr\u003eand was central to an activism that was about the right \u003ci\u003eto\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003ebear children, as well as not to. Each initiative won key\u003cbr\u003evictories that relied on people power and not on the federal courts. Their\u003cbr\u003ehistories cast new light on \u003ci\u003eRoe \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003cbr\u003econstitutional rights, on the difficulty and importance of achieving a truly\u003cbr\u003einclusive feminism, and on reproductive politics today.This is a book full of drama. From\u003cbr\u003edissident Democrats who were the first to try reforming abortion laws and\u003cbr\u003emembers of a rising feminist movement who refashioned them, to the nation's largest\u003cbr\u003eabortion referral service established by progressive Christian and Jewish\u003cbr\u003eclergy, to Puerto Rican activists who demanded community accountability in\u003cbr\u003ehealthcare and introduced sterilization abuse to the movement's agenda, and\u003cbr\u003eBlack women who took the cause global, \u003ci\u003eA Woman's Life\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIs a Human Life \u003c\/i\u003edocuments the diverse ways activists\u003cbr\u003echanged the law and worked to create a world that would support all people's\u003cbr\u003ereproductive choices.The first in-depth study of a\u003cbr\u003ewinning campaign against a state's abortion law and the first to chronicle the\u003cbr\u003esterilization abuse fight side-by-side with the one for abortion rights, \u003ci\u003eA\u003cbr\u003eWoman's Life Is a Human Life \u003c\/i\u003eis rich with firsthand\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eaccounts and previously unseen sources--including\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003ethose from Kornbluh's mother, who wrote\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003ethe first draft of New York's law decriminalizing\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eabortion, and their across-the-hall neighbor, \u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eDr. Helen Rodr?uez-Tr?s, a Puerto Rican\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003edoctor who cofounded the movement against\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003esterilization abuse. In this dynamic, surprising, \u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eand highly readable history, Felicia Kornbluh\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003ecorrects the record to show how grassroots\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eaction overcame the odds to create policy\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003echange--and how it might work today.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFelicia Kornbluh\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of History at the\u003cbr\u003eUniversity of Vermont with a secondary appointment in Gender, Sexuality and\u003cbr\u003eWomen's studies, and an affiliated faculty member in Jewish Studies, at the University\u003cbr\u003eof Vermont. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Battle for Welfare Rights: Politics and\u003cbr\u003ePoverty in Modern America\u003c\/i\u003e and coauthor, with Gwendolyn Mink, of \u003ci\u003eEnsuring\u003cbr\u003ePoverty: Welfare Reform in Feminist Perspective\u003c\/i\u003e. She is a former board\u003cbr\u003emember of Planned Parenthood of Northern New England and current board vice\u003cbr\u003epresident of the Planned Parenthood of Vermont Action Fund. Kornbluh lives in\u003cbr\u003eWilliston, VT, with her spouse and two black cats.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 432\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.3 x 8.2 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 16, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53756059484493,"sku":"9780802162663","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0927\/3304\/7117\/files\/VOK2GPBGOR9780802162663.webp?v=1776721982","url":"https:\/\/belfastbooks.us\/products\/a-womans-life-is-a-human-life-my-mother-our-neighbor-and-the-journey-from-reproductive-rights-to-reproductive-justice-paperback","provider":"belfastbooks.us","version":"1.0","type":"link"}