Contested Spaces: Abortion Clinics, Women's Shelters and Hospitals: Politicizing the Female Body

255 Pages·2013·23.59 MB·English

by  Lori A. Brown

Contested Spaces: Abortion Clinics,
Women’s Shelters and Hospitals
Politicizing the Female Body
Lori A. Brown
Contested spaCes:
abortion CliniCs, Women’s shelters and hospitals
Pour Martin, toujours
Contested spaces:
abortion Clinics, Women’s shelters
and hospitals
politicizing the Female body
lori a. brown
© lori a. brown 2013
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brown, lori a.
Contested spaces : abortion clinics, women’s shelters and
hospitals : politicizing the female body.
1. architecture and women--Canada. 2. architecture and
women--mexico. 3. architecture and women--United states.
4. hospital architecture. 5. abortion services--Canada.
6. abortion services--mexico. 7. abortion services--
United states. 8. architecture--psychological aspects.
9. Feminism and architecture.
i. title
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brown, lori a.
Contested spaces : abortion clinics, women’s shelters and hospitals : politicizing the
female body / by lori a. brown.
pages cm
includes bibliographical references and index.
isbn 978-1-4094-3741-3 (hardback) -- isbn 978-1-4094-3742-0 (e book)
1. architecture and women--north america. 2. architecture--psychological aspects-
-north america. 3. abortion services--north america. 4. health services accessibility--
north america. i. title.
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Contents
List of Figures vii
About the Author xi
Preface xiii
1 Introduction 1
2 Social and Spatial Practices 21
3 Legal Frameworks Understood Spatially 43
4 Case Studies and Spatial Awareness 71
5 Landscapes of Access: United States, Canada and Mexico 95
6 Conclusion 193
Bibliography 211
Index 231
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List of Figures
Fig 1.1 March for Women’s Lives April 25, 2004 Washington D.C 2
Fig. 1.2 Pre-Easter anti-abortion protestor sidewalk queue in
Louisville, KY April 2012 3
Fig. 1.3 Pre-Easter anti-abortion protestor sidewalk queue in
Louisville, KY April 2012 4
Fig. 1.4 Pre-Easter volunteer clinic escort queue in Louisville, KY
April 2012 4
Fig. 3.1 US abortion timeline 1870–1970 44
Fig. 3.2 Roe v. Wade 45
Fig. 3.3 Hyde Amendment 46
Fig. 3.4 Hill v. Colorado. Plan and perspective diagrams illustrating
legislated spaces 50
Fig. 3.5 Madsen v. Women’s Health Center. Plan diagram illustrating
legislated space and noise restrictions 51
Fig. 3.6 Schenck v. Pro-Choice Network of Western New York. Plan and
perspective diagrams illustrating legislated spaces 52
Fig. 3.7 Key spatial terms 54
Fig. 3.8 FACE law 55
Fig. 3.9 Canada abortion timeline 1800s–1988 58
Fig. 3.10 R v. Morgantaler 59
Fig. 3.11a Abortion in Canada 60
Fig. 3.11b Abortion in Canada 61
Fig. 3.12 Mexico abortion time line 1850–2007 63
Fig. 3.13a Abortion in Mexico 64
Fig. 3.13b Abortion in Mexico 65
Fig. 4.1 Event Matrix. A chart of most of the activities of the CWLU in
1972 75
Fig. 4.2 Jane newspaper publicity 76
Fig. 4.3 Abortion is a personal decision 77
viii ContEStED SPACES: Abortion CLiniCS, WoMEn’S SHELtErS AnD HoSPitALS
Figs 4.4, 4.5 Women on Waves. Exterior and interior views of the
& 4.6 abortion boat 81
Fig. 5.1 USA county with and without providers 96
Fig. 5.2a USA providers per state 98
Fig. 5.2 b USA providers per state 99
Fig. 5.3a USA restrictions by state 102
Fig. 5.3b USA restrictions by state 103
Fig. 5.4 Southern region synopsis 105
Fig. 5.5a Mississippi clinic distances 112
Fig. 5.5b Mississippi potential clinics 113
Fig. 5.6a Mississippi poverty statistics 114
Fig. 5.6b Mississippi location of religious centers 115
Fig. 5.7a Mississippi hospitals 116
Fig. 5.7b Mississippi pharmacies 117
Fig. 5.8a Mississippi pharmacy data 118
Fig. 5.8b Mississippi pharmacist replies 119
Fig. 5.9a Kentucky clinic distances 122
Fig. 5.9b Kentucky potential clinics 123
Fig. 5.10a Kentucky poverty statistics 124
Fig. 5.10b Kentucky location of religious centers 125
Fig. 5.11a Kentucky hospitals 126
Fig. 5.11b Kentucky pharmacies 127
Fig. 5.12a Kentucky pharmacy data 128
Fig. 5.12b Kentucky pharmacist replies 129
Fig. 5.13 Midwestern region synopsis 131
Fig. 5.14a South Dakota clinic distances 136
Fig. 5.14b South Dakota potential clinics 137
Fig. 5.15a South Dakota poverty statistics 138
Fig. 5.15b South Dakota location of religious centers 139
Fig. 5.16a South Dakota hospitals 141
Fig. 5.16b South Dakota hospitals; South Dakota pharmacies 142
Fig. 5.17a South Dakota pharmacy data 143
Fig. 5.17b South Dakota pharmacist replies 144
Fig. 5.18a nebraska pharmacy data 145
Fig. 5.18b nebraska pharmacist replies 146
Fig. 5.19a north Dakota pharmacy data 147
Fig. 5.19b north Dakota pharmacist replies 148
Fig. 5.20a Western region synopsis 150
Fig. 5.20b Western region synopsis 151
Fig. 5.21a Utah clinic distances 155
Fig. 5.21b Utah potential clinics 156
Fig. 5.22a Utah poverty statistics 157
Fig. 5.22b Utah location of religious centers 158
Fig. 5.23a Utah hospitals 160
Fig. 5.23b Utah pharmacies 161
LiSt oF FigUrES ix
Fig. 5.24a Utah pharmacy data 162
Fig. 5.24b Utah pharmacist replies 163
Fig. 5.25 newborn security anklet 183
Fig. 5.26 Detail, newborn security anklet 184
Fig. 6.1 Composite maps for Mississippi 196
Fig. 6.2 Composite maps for Kentucky 198
Fig. 6.3 Composite maps for South Dakota 200
Fig. 6.4 Composite maps for Utah 202
Figs. 6.5–6.8 new locations for clinics: Shopping malls, military bases,
jails, public and high schools 206
Fig. 6.9 new locations for clinics: churches 208