| International Standard Book Number |
1779400977
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| International Standard Book Number |
9781779400970
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| International Standard Book Number |
1779400969
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| International Standard Book Number |
9781779400963
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| Dewey Decimal Classification Number |
304.6/67
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| Personal Name |
Casillas, Elizabeth, author.
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| Uniform Title |
Palabra que empieza por A. English
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| Title Statement |
The A word : a global history of the abortion struggle / Elizabeth Casillas and Higinia Gray ; translated by Karen R. Simon.
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| Imprint |
A~2025
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| Imprint |
Regina, Saskatchewan : Astiberri/University of Regina Press, [2025]
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| Physical Description |
159 pages : chiefly illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
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| General Note |
Translation of: La palabra que empieza por A.
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| Summary, Etc. |
"The A Word champions the women advocating for free and legal access to the seventy-three million abortions performed around the world every year, more than half of which require women to resort to underground procedures that put their lives at risk. This global history defines the term and the practice of abortion as it exists today and tells the stories of women all over the world engaged in the fight to take back control of their bodies. From the Indigenous use of abortive plants before colonization to the complicated legacy of Margaret Sanger, to modern advocates like Maria Antonieta Alcalde Castro, Wendy Davis, and Simone Veil, the book shines a light on pivotal moments and figures of the abortion struggle and asks: Why do poor women fare worse when trying to access abortion? How was abortion criminalized? Who profits from its illegality? The A Word reflects on how the struggle for reproductive justice became a movement that has defined our time. It is a fight that has united feminists across continents and decades to secure safe access to a choice that recent history has shown we cannot take for granted."--Provided by publisher.
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| Language note |
Translated from the Spanish.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Reproductive rights History Comic books, strips, etc.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Abortion History Comic books, strips, etc.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Droits ge´ne´siques Histoire Bandes dessine´es.
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Bandes dessine´es autres que de fiction.
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Bandes dessine´es.
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Comics (Graphic works)
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Nonfiction comics.
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| Added Entry, Personal Name |
Garay, Higinia, 1978- author.
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| Added Entry, Personal Name |
Simon, Karen, 1947- translator.
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