SOUTH DAKOTA AND ABORTION: A LOCAL STORY ABOUT HOW RELIGION, MEDICAL SCIENCE, AND CULTURE MEET

Author: Pederson, Ann Milliken

Source: Zygon, Volume 42, Number 1, March 2007 , pp. 123-132(10)

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Abstract:

Telling the tale about South Dakota's recent legislative ban on nearly all abortions gets messy, complicated, and dirty. There are no innocent subjects and no simple plot lines. The story reveals other stories underneath and over the top of the others. Stories counter stories, revealing who is in the know and who does the telling. To “tell the old, old story,” as the song goes, is not as simple as it may seem. Religion and medical science are caught in the politics and cultural wars about abortion.

Keywords: abortion; Donna Haraway; medicine; religion; story

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9744.2006.00809.x

Affiliations: 1: Professor of Religion at Augustana College, 2001 S. Summit, Sioux Falls, SD 57197, and an adjunct associate professor in the Section of Ethics and Humanities at the University of South Dakota School of Medicine.

Publication date: 2007-03-01