From a whisper to a shout: abortion activism and social media

摘要

“Can we finally stop whispering about it?”, asksElizabeth Kissling at the start of From a Whisperto a Shout: Abortion Activism and Social Media(p. 12). Although abortion has been a consti-tutional right in the United States for 46 years,Kissling argues that the procedure has becomeeven more stigmatised and shamed since Roev. Wade – the US Supreme Court case overturningcriminal abortion laws and restrictions based onthe right to privacy – was decided in 1973. Thisbook proposes to define abortion stigma andreview the feminist organisations and socialmovements actively combatting stigma throughabortion storytelling.