Abortion remains legal in the US, but access has been slowly eroded since prohibition was ruled unconstitutional nearly fifty years ago. Simultaneously abortion remains culturally stigmatised - it is kept secret and presumed shameful. But feminist activists are working to increase access and challenge this stigma. Numerous organisations and campaigns are challenging abortion stigma using the internet and social media and intersectional feminist sensibilities. From A Whisper to a Shout takes a closer look at four of these organisations - #ShoutYourAbortion, Lady Parts Justice, #WeTestify, and The Abortion Diary - and how they are integrating feminist tactics, social media, and political strategies to challenge abortion stigma and promote abortion access.

About the Author
Elizabeth Kissling is Professor of Women's and Gender Studies and Communication at Eastern Washington University, and is the author of Capitalizing on the Curse: The Business of Menstruation (Lynn Rienner, 2006).


Book Information
ISBN 9781912248025
Author Elizabeth Kissling
Format Paperback
Page Count 300
Imprint Repeater Books
Publisher Watkins Media Limited