Minds, Bodies, and Political Selves: Embodying Pro-Choice Activism

The recent introduction of legislation aimed to limit abortion access has reenergized activists on both sides of this issue. In this ethnographic study of political activists and clinic escorts, I examine the activists’ political beliefs on abortion and the ways in which they embody those beliefs. My research focuses on the rhetoric and embodied practices surrounding key issues in the pro-choice movement, including gender inequality, the body as an object, the influence of medicalization, and the status of the fetus