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‘On the wet side of the womb’: The construction of ‘mothers’ in anti-abortion activism in England and Wales (2018)
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Lowe, P., & Page, S.-J. (2019). ‘On the wet side of the womb’: The construction of ‘mothers’ in anti-abortion activism in England and Wales. European Journal of Women's Studies, 26(2), 165-180. https://doi.org/10.1177/1350506818785191

Across the UK, there has been an increase in anti-abortion activism outside abortion clinics. The activism deployed includes explicitly religious activities such as ‘prayerful witnessing’ and ‘pavement counselling’, which aim to discourage women from... Read More about ‘On the wet side of the womb’: The construction of ‘mothers’ in anti-abortion activism in England and Wales.