1. BEYOND ABORTION: THE LOOMING BATTLE OVER DEATH IN THE ‘CULTURE WARS’.
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EVANS, JAMES
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ABORTION , *TECHNOLOGICAL innovations , *BIRTH control , *QUALITY of life , *DEATH , *HUMAN sexuality & society , *CONTRACEPTION , *BIRTH intervals , *FETAL death - Abstract
By concentrating on abortion, the culture wars have avoided facing a crisis about the end of life. This paper explores four themes: (1) the technological transformation of birth and death into matters of decision, not matters of fact; (2) abortion as the nexus of Eros (sex) with Thanatos (death); (3) the real crisis, conveniently masked by our obsession with sex, looming at the end of life, not at its beginning; (4) the surplus-repression that protects us from assuming responsibility for choosing between life and death. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2008
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