Contested Lives: The Abortion Debate in an American Community, Updated Edition

by Faye D. Ginsburg

Book Overview

Based on the struggle over a Fargo, North Dakota, abortion clinic, Contested Lives explores one of the central social conflicts of our time. Both wide-ranging and rich in detail, it speaks not simply to the abortion issue but also to the critical role of women's political activism.

A new introduction addresses the events of the last decade, which saw the emergence of Operation Rescue and a shift toward more violent, even deadly, forms...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520217357
• ISBN13: 9780520217355
• Release Date: September 1998
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 359 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"