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Looks at changing public attitudes toward the abortion issue, and analyzes the rhetoric used to support both positions
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This demanding, scholarly work traces the rhetoric surrounding the abortion controversy in the United States from 1965 to 1985. Using a sophisticated framework of rhetorical analysis, Condit describes the process by which the persuasive argumentation and vocabulary used by "Pro-life" and "Pro-choice" advocates has evolved and how it has created a deadlocked situation at the activist level, while mass attitudes on abortion reflect a compromise between the two positions. For the general public, Condit says, abortion falls within the realm of personal choice, but is generally regarded as morally objectionable. This work will be an important acquisition for university libraries.
- Ted G. Jelen, Illinois Benedictine Coll., Lisle
Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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