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How the Pro-Choice Movement Saved America: Sex, Virtue, and the Way We Live Now Hardcover – January 30, 2006

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A pithy polemic bolstered by solid research, intellectual heft, and firsthand reporting, this is a book poised to change the debate over reproductive rights in this country wholesale. As activist and writer Cristina Page shows, the gains made by birth-control advocates (historically) and pro-choice organizations (currently) have formed the bedrock of freedoms few Americans would choose to live without. Now, not only is the future of legal abortion far from guaranteed, in many parts of the country ready access to many forms of contraception is in jeopardy as well. And that development, Page argues, should have everyone, regardless of moral or political persuasion, deeply concerned. For these basic freedoms are not just for the freewheeling gals of "Sex and the City," but are central to the lives of working mothers and fathers from Phoenix to Duluth, churchgoers and nonbelievers alike. Page crystallizes the thoughts and attitudes of a generation of women and men whose voices are seldom heard in the political arena. How the Pro-Choice Movement Saved America is the first book to address the positive transformation our society has undergone because of our ability to plan when and if to have children. It also exposes the anti-choice movement's far-reaching-and dangerous-agenda. Fresh, bold, and stocked with counterintuitive arguments, this is a book bound to form the basis for heated conversations nationwide.

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January 30, 2006
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The abortion issue is a cover for a fundamentalist "anti-contraception" and "anti-sex movement," argues this vigorous broadside. In a well-researched and pointed critique of prolife excesses, NARAL official Page (The Smart Girl's Guide to College) details the multifaceted opposition the Christian right has mounted to a broad range of reproductive rights. Prolife groups, she notes, have fraudulently conflated contraceptives with devices or substances that cause abortion, championed pharmacists who refuse to sell contraceptives, and organized to block over-the-counter sale of "Plan B" emergency contraceptive pills. Attacking both feminism and premarital sex, she contends, they vilify working moms and push ineffective abstinence-only sex-ed curricula, and have even opposed a vaccine against the HPV virus, a major cause of cervical cancer, claiming it would promote promiscuity. The irony, she argues, is that prolifers' effort to restrict access to contraception actually increases the number of abortions. Against what she believes is the fundamentalists' dour procreationist ideology and animus toward sexual pleasure itself, Page celebrates the blessings conferred by contraceptives in liberating women, and their families, in our modern "pro-choice world," claiming that "regular sex brings people as much happiness as a $50,000-a-year raise." If sometimes a tad facile, her defense of the sexual revolution in upbeat—even patriotic—terms makes this a spirited, thought-provoking addition to the culture wars. (Feb.)
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The passion of the pro-life movement extends beyond abortion opposition to an overarching desire to end contraceptive use and to restrict sex to procreation only, argues Page, director of a national pro-choice organization. In contrast, by supporting women's ability to control their reproductive lives, the pro-choice movement has helped to improve life for American women across a broad range of social and economic issues. She details the corrosive influence of pro-life politics on science, including lobbying to prevent FDA approval of an emergency contraceptive pill to be sold over the counter. The pro-life movement has political "muscle that extends across the globe," harming efforts to reduce family size in developing nations and to encourage advancement of women. Page outlines the threats to the Roe decision and the privacy rights that also protect all aspects of sexuality, from contraception to homosexuality. This is a well-researched and thoughtful look at the politics behind reproductive issues and the implications for all Americans, whatever their position on abortion. Vanessa Bush
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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Basic Books; 1st edition (January 30, 2006)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 256 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0465054897
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0465054893
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 14.4 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.75 x 0.75 x 8.5 inches

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Winston

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Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on February 8, 2006

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How the Pro-Choice Movement Saved America isn't a history of the fading glory of the pro-choice and feminist movements. It's an incisive look at tomorrow's pro-life movement - and a chilling read. If you think that the prospect of overturning Roe is farfetched, or that it might calm the passions of the conservative movement, think again. Defeating Roe is just another step on the way to reinventing the American social order, with birth control, women's rights and personal privacy all in the cross hairs.

I began the book with an underlying feeling of safety. After all, a majority of American's support a woman's right to choose. Even in a worst case scenario, I knew that my home state would continue to provide abortion care in a post-Roe world. Beyond that, I had even secretly wondered whether the post-Roe world might be good for the Democratic Party since the right would be losing its biggest weapon.

Page's book blew away these fallacies quickly, quietly and without a look back. Before I knew it, Roe was the least of my worries, as the breadth of the pro-life agenda became apparent. One thing is for sure, it won't be someone else's problem - the issues at stake affect the life of every American. Hopefully, awareness will translate into action.

Cristina Page has managed the nearly impossible by swaddling an immense amount of meticulous research in fast paced prose that forced me to read How the Pro-Choice Movement Saved America in one sitting. This is a book people should be talking about.

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G. Kamel

Saved America?

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on April 27, 2007

Though well written and interesting I did not enjoy this book. It saddens me that this country constantly attacks pro-lifers. No, being pro-life isn't about "saving pweshus baybeez", it's about how much we honor someones (anyones) right to live. Killing the child in your womb is the same as killing the child you have. Worse because the one in your womb cannot defend itself. Many women complain that they can't afford another child and wouldn't be able to give it the life they would want to. However there are so many childless couples who are very willing to adopt so why abort when you can give your child a better life? Did you know that only 1% of abortions are cause of rape or incest? So why are there 1.6 million abortions per year in the U.S. alone? One of the leading causes is because the mother simply does not want more children. Again they can give the child up for adoption since they don't want it. Last but not least the parts concerning a pro-life "hidden agenda" and criminal rates dropping are (with all respect) simply ridiculous. There is no such thing as a "hidden agenda" and I think that criminal rates dropping is (if not stupid) possible but there might have also been future presidents, activists, missionaries and leaders that have been aborted too.

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Suzy

AMERICA!! READ THIS BOOK!!!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on August 16, 2006

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My daughter ordered this book to use in writing a college paper, and I ended up reading it because the title sort of drew me in. It is an extremely well-written, well-researched book that simply and logically articulates the thesis that the "pro-life" movement has a "hidden" (or maybe not so hidden) agenda that actually goes beyond ending abortion. Obviously, pro-lifers won't like this book and won't believe it, but for the majority of Americans who are ambivalent or uneasy about the subject, it may make them think twice about being complacent.

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As renowned author Katha Pollitt says, this is a ...

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on April 21, 2016

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As renowned author Katha Pollitt says, this is a "pithy" book. Very valuable resource for revealing the real purpose of the anti-choice movement is banning birth control. Abortion is easier to attack but the underlying principal is to ban birth control and force people to only have sex for procreation. It's a well written book.

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Great Book!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on February 22, 2007

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This book is wonderful. It is a definite eye opener and provides great information for anybody concerned about the important issue of Women's Right to her own body.

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"Pro-life" no more

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on May 8, 2006

This is a really great book for anyone willing to keep an open-mind. I'm the type of person who likes to read about both sides of an issue. I'm a former seminary student who was a very "good" Christian. I graduated from a Baptist University with a degree in Biblical Studies. I then went on to attend seminary (I'm currently in my 3rd year of law school). I grew up attending pro-life rallies in my hometown. My mom even voluteered for a crisis pregancy center when I was younger. Needless to say, I have always been pro-life. However, this book may have changed my mind.

This book really surprised me. I had no idea that the pro-life people had an agenda far beyond preventing abortions. As established in the book, they really wish to control the morals/sexual habits of people, not just to prevent abortions. I learned that by opposing contraception, as almost all pro-life groups do, the pro-life movement actually causes more abortions.

I became interested in this book after reading "Freakonomics," which argues that legalizing abortion has actually lowered the crime rate in America, a statistic I found very interesting.

I still don't know how I feel about abortion itself, but I know that I don't agree with the far-reaching effects of pro-life agenda. I definitely will not support the movement anymore by automatically voting for Republicans based on the sole issue of abortion, as I've always done.

I would encourage any pro-life person who is really concerned with preventing abortions to read this book. Even if it doesn't change your mind about abortion, it will give you insight into the primary agenda of many pro-life groups. As a pro-lifer myself, I was shocked and disappointed that my own group may be contributing to the abortion problem rather than solving it.

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