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DESCRIPTION:Co-sponsored by the Felker Magazine Center at UC Berkeley's Graduate School 
 of Journalism\nTuesday, October 21\nKATHA POLLITT\n PRO: Reclaiming 
 Abortion Rights \n\nForty years after the landmark Roe v. Wade ruling, 
 “abortion” is still a word that is said with either outright hostility 
 or vague discomfort by many, this despite the fact that one in three 
 American women will have terminated at least one pregnancy by the time they 
 reach menopause. Even those who support a woman’s right to terminate her 
 pregnancy often qualify their support by saying abortion is a “bad 
 thing,” an “agonizing decision,” thereby placing the medical 
 procedure on a pedestal so remote and radioactive that it takes it out of 
 the world of the everyday, turning an act that is often necessary, and 
 often welcomed, into something shameful and secretive.\n\nIn this 
 groundbreaking book, Katha Pollitt reframes abortion as a common part of a 
 woman’s reproductive life, one that should be accepted as a moral right 
 with positive social implications. In clear, concise arguments, Pollitt 
 takes on the “personhood” argument, reaffirms the priority of a 
 woman’s life and health, and discusses why terminating a pregnancy can be 
 a force for social good. This is a book for those who support abortion 
 rights but may not be exactly sure why and those in the “muddled 
 middle,” who can’t quite bring themselves to advocate whole-heartedly 
 for its legality.\n\n“An impassioned, persuasive case for understanding 
 [abortion] in its proper context…With wit and logic, Pollitt debunks the 
 many myths surrounding abortion, and analyzes what abortion opponents 
 really oppose: namely, women’s growing sexual freedom and power….With 
 arguments that are both lucid and sensible, Pollitt successfully reframes 
 the abortion debate to show that, ‘in the end, abortion is an issue of 
 fundamental human rights.’”—Publishers Weekly (starred 
 review)\n\nKatha Pollitt, the author of Virginity or Death!, is a poet, 
 essayist, and columnist for The Nation. She has won many prizes and awards 
 for her work, including the National Book Critics Circle Award for her 
 first collection of poems, Antarctic Traveller, and two National Magazine 
 Awards for Essays and Criticism. She lives in New York City. \n\n7:30 PM at 
 the Hillside Club (2286 Cedar Street, Berkeley)\nAdvance tickets $15 
 general, $10 students (ID at door), at Brown Paper Tickets online or 
 800-838-3006; $20 at the door\n\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2014/10/01/18762292.php
SUMMARY:The Nation's Katha Pollitt on Pro: Reclaiming Abortion Rights
LOCATION:Berkeley Arts & Letters at the Hillside Club\n2286 Cedar Street\nBerkeley 
 CA 94709
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