{"product_id":"9781250055842","title":"Pro: Reclaiming Abortion Rights","description":"\u003cp\u003eA POWERFUL ARGUMENT FOR ABORTION AS A MORAL RIGHT AND SOCIAL GOOD BY A NOTED FEMINIST AND LONGTIME COLUMNIST FOR \u003ci\u003eTHE NATION\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eForty years after the landmark \u003ci\u003eRoe v. Wade\u003c\/i\u003e ruling, \"abortion\" is still a word that is said with outright hostility by many, despite the fact that one in three American women will have terminated at least one pregnancy by menopause. Even those who support a woman's right to an abortion often qualify their support by saying abortion is a \"bad thing,\" an \"agonizing decision,\" making the medical procedure so remote and radioactive that it takes it out of the world of the everyday, turning an act that is normal and necessary into something shameful and secretive. Meanwhile, with each passing day, the rights upheld by the Supreme Court are being systematically eroded by state laws designed to end abortion outright.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this urgent, controversial book, Katha Pollitt reframes abortion as a common part of a woman's reproductive life, one that should be accepted as a moral right with positive social implications. In \u003ci\u003ePro\u003c\/i\u003e, Pollitt takes on the personhood argument, reaffirms the priority of a woman's life and health, and discusses why terminating a pregnancy can be a force for good for women, families, and society. It is time, Pollitt argues, that we reclaim the lives and the rights of women and mothers.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Picador","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47142533759216,"sku":"9781250055842","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781250055842_p0.jpg?v=1769892196","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781250055842","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}