Articles of faith : a frontline history of the abortion wars
(Book)

Book Cover
Average Rating
Status
General Shelving - 3rd Floor
HQ767.5.U5 G68 1998
1 available

Description

Loading Description...

Also in this Series

Checking series information...

Copies

LocationCall NumberStatus
General Shelving - 3rd FloorHQ767.5.U5 G68 1998On Shelf

More Like This

Loading more titles like this title...

More Details

Format
Book
Physical Desc
575 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English

Notes

Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 528-553) and index.
Description
In Articles of Faith, veteran journalist Cynthia Gorney presents the first balanced political and social narrative of the most significant years in the abortion conflict, told from the perspective of the people who fought the battles on both sides. Focusing on the battle in Missouri, which mirrors the deepening abortion conflicts around the country as American states first begin changing their century-old criminal abortion laws. Gorney draws from more than five hundred interviews and previously unseen archival material to create the first narrative history of the modern American abortion conflict ever written. The central characters, whose evolving personal stories and eventual confrontation in the U.S. Supreme Court form the narrative drive of Articles of Faith, are two passionate, strong-willed leaders from opposing camps in the city of St. Louis: Judith Widdicombe and Samuel Lee. Judith Widdicombe is a registered nurse who runs the abortion underground in Missouri during the illegal-abortion days of the 1960s, and who then goes on after Roe V. Wade to set up almost singlehandedly the first legal abortion clinic in Missouri. Samuel Lee is a young pacifist and would-be seminarian who arrives in St. Louis to begin his formal religious studies and finds himself instead drawn to the more compelling and immediated work of the right-to-life movement. Their battle culminates in 1989, when the provocative abortion bill Sam eventually lobbies through the Missouri legislature becomes the centerpiece of William L. Webster v. Reproductive Health Services - the most intently watched Supreme Court case of the late 1980s, because it is the very first case to challenge Roe v. Wade directly before what is generally assumed to be an anti-Roe court. The Reproductive Health Services of the Webster case, the lead plaintiff in this nationally anticipated litigation, is Judy Widdicombe's St. Louis abortion clinic.
Local note
SACFinal081324

Reviews from GoodReads

Loading GoodReads Reviews.

Citations

APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Gorney, C. (1998). Articles of faith: a frontline history of the abortion wars . Simon & Schuster.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Gorney, Cynthia. 1998. Articles of Faith: A Frontline History of the Abortion Wars. New York, N.Y.: Simon & Schuster.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Gorney, Cynthia. Articles of Faith: A Frontline History of the Abortion Wars New York, N.Y.: Simon & Schuster, 1998.

Harvard Citation (style guide)

Gorney, C. (1998). Articles of faith: a frontline history of the abortion wars. New York, N.Y.: Simon & Schuster.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Gorney, Cynthia. Articles of Faith: A Frontline History of the Abortion Wars Simon & Schuster, 1998.

Note! Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy. Citation formats are based on standards as of August 2021.

Staff View

Loading Staff View.