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Original Articles

The contemporary American abortion controversy: Stages in the argument

Pages 410-424 | Published online: 05 Jun 2009
 

Abstract

This essay traces seven stages in the American controversy over abortion between 1960 and 1980. The argument moved from a professional debate to a public dispute marked first by narratives, then successively by the ideographs “life,” “discrimination,” and “choice,” and then to a normalization and stalemate in which the public consensus reflects values and interests from both sides of the conflict.

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