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Anti-abortion feminist organizations generally do not distinguish between views on abortion as a legal issue, abortion as a moral issue, and abortion as a medical procedure. [2] Such distinctions are made by many women, for example women who would not abort their own pregnancies but would prefer that abortion remain legal. [ 2 ]
From 1981 through 2017, the abortion rate fell by more than half, falling faster in Democratic administrations than Republican ones. The abortion rate fell below the 1973 rate in 2012 and continued to fall through 2017, when it stood at 13.5 abortions per 1,000 women of childbearing age. The abortion rate then rose from 2018 through 2020.
Petchesky is known for incorporating differing theoretical frameworks, including ethics, political philosophy, history, political science, and others, into the study of reproductive rights. [ 4 ] From 1972 to 1987 she was Professor of Political and Social Theory at Ramapo College of New Jersey.
Abortion opponents celebrated the decision, believing it would lead to fewer people terminating their pregnancies. But the new data shows that the opposite happened in the first year post- Roe.
In 2020, there were 930,160 abortions in the United States, an 8% increase from 2017 and the first significant rise in three decades.
Rebecca Todd Peters is a feminist and Christian social ethicist who serves as a professor of Religious Studies at Elon University. Peters' scholarship focuses on questions related to economics, the environmental crisis, globalization, poverty, and women's access to abortion. She claimed to have felt God's presence while receiving both of her ...
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A woman advocating for reproductive justice, specifically abortion rights, outside the Supreme Court of the United States in 2012. Reproductive justice is a critical feminist framework that was invented as a response to United States reproductive politics. The three core values of reproductive justice are the right to have a child, the right to ...