Targets of Hatred: Anti-Abortion Terrorism - Hardcover

Baird-Windle, Patricia; Bader, Eleanor J.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0312239254 ISBN 13: 9780312239251

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan, 2001

Synopsis

This book charts the development of the anti-abortion movement in North America. Beginning in the years preceding the 1973 Roe vs. Wade decision that legalized abortion, the book examines the roles played by the Catholic Church, Fundamentalist Protestants and Republican and Democratic parties, and assesses points of overlap and divergence. The voices of more than one hundred and ninety providers in the United States and Canada, clinic owners, doctors, nurses, technicians and their families, give readers an in-depth look at what it means to work in a field in which arson, bombings, harassment and killing are routine. Filled with dramatic, eye-witness accounts of anti-abortion terrorism, the book demonstrates law enforcement's failure to stem the violence and is a call to arms for concerned individuals.

About this title

Review:

'...a basic reference work for anyone interested in the abortion debate.' - About.com (www.about.com)

About the Author:

PATRICIA BAIRD-WINDLE, formerly an abortion provider, writes and lectures on abortion and feminism.

ELEANOR BADER is a social worker for the Legal Services of New York City and a freelance contributor to Sojourner, The Women's Forum, and various other publications.

About this edition

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0312239254
• ISBN 13: 9780312239251
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 416