Tiny You

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ISBN: 9780520295872

A Western History of the Anti-Abortion Movement

Jennifer L. Holland

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University of California Press
07 April 2020

History of the Americas; Ethical issues: abortion & birth control; Women's health; Local history

Tiny You tells the story of one of the most successful political movements of the twentieth century: the grassroots campaign against legalized abortion. While Americans have rapidly changed their minds about sex education, pornography, arts funding, gay teachers, and ultimately gay marriage, opposition to legalized abortion has only grown. As other socially conservative movements have lost young activists, the pro-life movement has successfully recruited more young people to its cause. Jennifer L. Holland explores why abortion dominates conservative politics like no other cultural issue. Looking at anti-abortion movements in four western states since the 1960s—turning to the fetal pins passed around church services, the graphic images exchanged between friends, and the fetus dolls given to children in school—she argues that activists made fetal life feel personal to many Americans. Pro-life activists persuaded people to see themselves in the pins, images, and dolls they held in their hands and made the fight against abortion the primary bread-and-butter issue for social conservatives. Holland ultimately demonstrates that the success of the pro-life movement lies in the borrowed logic and emotional power of leftist activism.

By: Jennifer L. Holland
Imprint: University of California Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 23mm
Weight: 408g
ISBN: 9780520295872
ISBN 10: 0520295870
Pages: 324
Publication Date: 07 April 2020
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction PART ONE 1 • Rolling across Party Lines 2 • Imagining Life 3 • Claiming Religion PART TWO 4 • Redefining Women’s Rights 5 • Politicizing the Young 6 • Making Family Values Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index

Jennifer L. Holland is Associate Professor of History at the University of Oklahoma.

Reviews for Tiny You: A Western History of the Anti-Abortion Movement

""Holland’s work is full of both brand-new insights and sideways confirmation of aspects of the history of reproductive rights that a few experts have previously brought to light. . . . a remarkable study."" * California History * ""Tiny You is now required reading for those seeking to understand the incremental losses of bodily autonomy in a dying democracy."" * Pacific Historical Review *