The abortion myth : feminism, morality and the hard choices women make

Leslie Cannold
St. Leonards, N.S.W. : Allen & Unwin, 1998

ISBN: 1864485221

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Book description
The Abortion Myth forges a new women-centred abortion ethic capable of preserving a woman's right to control her body and her freedom to choose or reject motherhood. At the centre of the book are interviews with 45 'pro-choice' and 'pro-life' women. The women who share their stories have no doubt that it is their right to choose abortion. Yet many have begun to find the rumble of so many unanswered questions about the morality of this choice hard to ignore.
Written in an engaging and easy-to-read style, The Abortion Myth is a book no one who cares about the fate of women's reproductive freedoms in a rapidly changing world can afford to miss.

About the author
Dr Leslie Cannold holds a Master of Bioethics from the Centre of Human Bioethics at Monash University, and is now working at the Monash Institute of Health Services Research, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences.

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