Privatizing the State
Reproductive Rights, Affirmative Action, and the Problem of Democracy
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11241219 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Zillah Eisenstein (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1991 |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 98 |
| Publication date | 1991-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Frontiers A Journal of Women Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0160-9009 • E-ISSN: 1536-0334 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/3346580 |
| OpenAlex | W2323536435 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 9 |
| References cited | 1 |
The politics of abortion always expresses a larger context.1 This essay focuses on recent developments defining the present political context: the spring 1989 Supreme Court decisions limiting redress against racial discrimination; the Webster decision curtailing the access to abortion; and the antiabortion stance of George Bush's administration. These all embody a neoconservative politics that rejects a notion of equality of access; the government no longer has any responsibility in affirming equality. I will argue that this neoconservative stance is in direct contrast to public opinion, electoral developments on the state and local level, and the reproductive rights movement. Furthermore, I will contend that the assault against racial and sexual equality and reproductive rights presents a basic challenge to a democratic state itself.2
Abortion · Affirmative action · Context (archaeology · Democracy · Human rights · Law and economics · Political science · Politics · Population · Redress · Reproductive health · Reproductive rights · Sociology · State (computer science · Supreme court · American Constitutional Law and Politics · Historical Studies on Reproduction, Gender, Health, and Societal Changes · Law · Public Administration · Reproductive Health and Technologies
| Unique citing works | 9 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,26 |
| Citation span | 1992 - 2017 (26) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 9 |