Throwing the baby out with the bathwater: Childfree advocates and the rhetoric of choice

Women and Politics

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 49-75

  Taylor, Erin N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

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EID: 7444254099     PISSN: 01957732     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J014v24n04_03     Document Type: Article

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