tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-66893695451467706342024-03-08T12:44:41.355-08:00Canadian Abortion Experience: Voices on Choice(s)Canadian Abortion Experience: Voices on Choice(s)http://www.blogger.com/profile/17324708569448690376noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6689369545146770634.post-67150679311363658992012-04-26T17:40:00.001-07:002012-04-26T17:40:58.110-07:00What’s in a name?<br />
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When I was determining the working title for this project, <i>Canadian Abortion Experience</i> came to me
quickly. I wanted this collection to
reflect the thoughts, experiences, and ideas of women (and men) from across the
country. The subtitle, <i>Voices on
Choice(s)</i>, came less easily and it is one I am not entirely comfortable
with. And yet, it remains.</div>
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To be honest, “choice” is a word that makes me a little uncomfortable. When I first became
active in the pro-choice movement, it resonated strongly with me and I know it
continues to do so for many women. Over time,
I’ve grown less attached to the word because I've come to see “choice” as an illusion – far too few women who make the
“choice” to have an abortion truly enjoy the freedom and equality necessary to
make that a real (and empowering) decision. Others, I know, see “choice” as the ideal to
which we should strive. Still others see
it as euphemistic – a shying away from the word “abortion”. A dialogue on the meanings of “choice” is but
one of the outcomes I hope from this project. </div>
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My aim is for <i>Canadian
Abortion Experience: Voices on Choice(s)</i> to provide a space for dialogue
among activists, academics, practitioners, and other Canadians interested in abortion on myriad aspects of the issue. As members of a movement (or movements) we make choices on how we
perceive and frame issues and those choices evolve (or don’t) over time. Whether we agree, disagree, or agree to
disagree, ongoing dialogue keeps the movement(s) healthy and relevant and
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The other part of the book, narratives on the abortion
experiences of Canadians, is also about choices – the choice (even when there
are constraints) to have an abortion, the choice to provide abortion services,
the choice to fight for reproductive freedom.
These are the stories we need to record and remember. </div>Canadian Abortion Experience: Voices on Choice(s)http://www.blogger.com/profile/17324708569448690376noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6689369545146770634.post-88274749185964329642012-04-25T07:53:00.000-07:002012-04-26T17:22:19.721-07:00Call for Contributors<br />
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Call for Contributors</div>
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<b>Canadian
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<i>Canadian
Abortion Experience: Voices on Choice(s)</i> is an edited collection that
explores the abortion-related experiences of Canadian women (and men), activists,
practitioners, and academics. At a time when women’s access to safe and legal
abortion is facing renewed scrutiny under a majority Conservative government, this
timely collection explores the issue from a variety of perspectives. </div>
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Divided into two parts, <i>Canadian Abortion Experience</i> will include narratives relaying the
abortion experiences of patients, practitioners, activists, and others whose
lives have been touched by abortion as well as think pieces and dialogues on a
variety of issues pertaining to the pro-choice movement in Canada. </div>
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<b>Narratives</b>
should share remembrances, thoughts, feelings, motivations, and experiences as
they pertain to abortion either on a personal or professional level. </div>
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<b>Topics for
think pieces may include (but are not limited to): <o:p></o:p></b></div>
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▪What does (or doesn't) “choice” mean to you?</div>
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▪Linguistic strategies (e.g. the use of “abortion
rights” vs. “reproductive rights”; the use of “anti-choice” vs. “anti-abortion”;
the use of “choice”)</div>
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▪Mobilizing the pro-choice majority (abortion and
the “everywoman”)</div>
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▪Refocusing the abortion debate on the pregnant
woman instead of the fetus</div>
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▪Reflections on the place/role of Morgentaler in
pro-choice history/narrative </div>
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▪Future strategies for pro-choice activism </div>
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▪Continuities, changes, and challenges between the
second and third waves of pro-choice feminist activism in Canada</div>
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▪Inclusions and exclusions in the pro-choice movement
(e.g. class, race, ethnicity, regionalism)</div>
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▪The relationship between academic and frontline
activism</div>
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▪Abortion and religion</div>
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▪Abortion and sexuality</div>
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▪Abortion and technology<br />
▪Unequal access to abortion services<br />
▪Reproductive justice</div>
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▪The medicalization of abortion<br />
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Think pieces should be short essays between 500
and 2500 words. Narratives can be of variable length up to approximately 2,000
words. All material should be original, unpublished elsewhere. </div>
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Submissions are due June 30, 2012.</div>
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For further information or to submit a piece,
please contact Shannon Stettner, editor, via <a href="mailto:cdnabex@gmail.com">cdnabex@gmail.com</a>.</div>
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