Scarlet A: The Ethics, Law, and Politics of Ordinary Abortion
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| Rating | : | 4.60 (995 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 019062485X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 272 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-02-08 |
| Language | : | English |
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In her role as an ethics professor, she has been elected a Board member of the American Society for Bioethics and Humanities, Chair of the Ethics Committee and Board member of the National Abortion Federation, and Bioethics Advisor to and Member of the National Medical Council of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America. In 2017, she began practicing law again, joining the ACLU of Illinois as Senior Counsel for the Women's and Reproductive Rights Project.. About the AuthorKatie Watson is a bioethicist and lawyer who has taught bioethics, medical humanities, and constitutional law for fifteen years at Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine
As Scarlet A explains, abortion has been a constitutional right for nearly 45 years, and it should remain one. It explains why this public/private disjuncture exists, what it costs us, and what can be gained by including ordinary abortion in public debate. What we need now are productive conversations about abortion ethics: how could or should people decide whether to exercise this right? Watson paints a rich, rarely seen picture of how patients and doctors currently think and act, and ultimately invites readers to draw their own conclusions.. The book gives the reflective reader a more accurate impression of what the majority of American abortion practice really looks like. Millions participate in or benefit from an abortion, but few want to reveal that they have done so. Although Roe v. Wade identified abortion as a constitutional right over 40 years ago, it bears stigma?a proverbial scarlet A?in the United States. It argues persuasively that America would benefit from working to reverse such stigma, providing readers with tools that may help them model ways of doing so.Our silence around private experience with abortion has distorted our public discourse. Both proponents and opponents of abortion's legality tend to focus on the extraordinary cases. Katie Watson focuses instead on the remaining 95% of abortion cases. This tendency keeps the public discourse polarized and contentious, and keeps the fo
In her role as an ethics professor, she has been elected a Board member of the American Society for Bioethics and Humanities, Chair of the Ethics Committee and Board member of the National Abortion Federation, and Bioethics Advisor to and Member of the National Medical Council of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America. Katie Watson is a bioethicist and lawyer who has taught bioethics, medical humanities, a