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== | SF featuring abortion. | ||
What's the status of abortion in the future? Or on alternate worlds? What SF-nal characters deal with abortion? | |||
==List of works== | |||
* [[Flynn Connolly]] - ''[[The Rising of the Moon]]'' (1993), a future Ireland where abortion is still illegal. | * [[Flynn Connolly]] - ''[[The Rising of the Moon]]'' (1993), a future Ireland where abortion is still illegal. | ||
* [[Elizabeth DeVos]] - "Out of the Fire" in ''Imagination Fully Dilated: Science Fiction'', ed. Robert Kruger & Patrick Swenson, a phoenix decides not to die and right-to-lifers are concerned that the phoenix will never be reborn. | * [[Elizabeth DeVos]] - "Out of the Fire" in ''Imagination Fully Dilated: Science Fiction'', ed. Robert Kruger & Patrick Swenson, a phoenix decides not to die and right-to-lifers are concerned that the phoenix will never be reborn. | ||
* [[Lucy Ferriss]] - ''[[The | * [[Lucy Ferriss]] - ''[[The Misconceiver]]'', all about future abortionists. | ||
* [[Esther M. Friesner]] - "A Birthday", a dystopian short story. | * [[Esther M. Friesner]] - "A Birthday", a dystopian short story. | ||
* [[Joan Givner]] - ''[[Half Known Lives]]'' (2001), an anti-choice male politician is impregnated. | * [[Joan Givner]] - ''[[Half Known Lives]]'' (2001), an anti-choice male politician is impregnated. | ||
* Robert J. Howe - "Miscarriage of Justice" at | * [[Nalo Hopkinson]] - ''Midnight Robber'' (2000), the protagonist has an abortion after sexual abuse by her father. | ||
* Robert J. Howe - "[[Miscarriage of Justice]]" at ''Salon.com'' (2004 March 24), the punishment for abortion is a "life sentence of hard labor". | |||
* [[Marie Jakober]] - ''[[Even the Stones]]'' (originally published as ''High Kamilan''), an abortion scene at the beginning of the novel which becomes an important aspect of plot. | * [[Marie Jakober]] - ''[[Even the Stones]]'' (originally published as ''High Kamilan''), an abortion scene at the beginning of the novel which becomes an important aspect of plot. | ||
* Thomas F. Monteleone - "Breath's a Ware That Will Not Keep" (in Dystopian Visions, ed. Roger Elwood (Prentice Hall: 1975). | * [[Carrie Laben]] - "Something in the Mermaid Way" at [[Clarkesworld Magazine]] (2007 March), abortion as a response to economic stress and as a creative act. | ||
* [[Rachel Cosgrove Payes]] - "Come Take a Dip with Me in the Genetic Pool" in ''Dystopian Visions'', ed. Roger Elwood (Prentice Hall: 1975). | * [[Thomas F. Monteleone]] - "Breath's a Ware That Will Not Keep" (in Dystopian Visions, ed. Roger Elwood (Prentice Hall: 1975). | ||
* [[Rachel Cosgrove Payes]] - "[[Come Take a Dip with Me in the Genetic Pool]]" in ''Dystopian Visions'', ed. Roger Elwood (Prentice Hall: 1975). | |||
* [[Josephine Saxton]] - "Big Operation on Altair Three" in ''Despatches from the Frontiers of the Female Mind'', ed. Jen Green & Sarah Lefanu (The Women's Press: 1985), in a hyper-real world of future advertising, a real live surgery is performed to sell cars. | * [[Josephine Saxton]] - "Big Operation on Altair Three" in ''Despatches from the Frontiers of the Female Mind'', ed. Jen Green & Sarah Lefanu (The Women's Press: 1985), in a hyper-real world of future advertising, a real live surgery is performed to sell cars. | ||
* [[Raccoona Sheldon]] - "Morality Meat" ''Despatches from the Frontiers of the Female Mind'', ed. Jen Green & Sarah Lefanu (The Women's Press: 1985), what happens to all the extra babies in a near-future U.S. when abortion has been outlawed? | * [[Raccoona Sheldon]] - "Morality Meat" ''Despatches from the Frontiers of the Female Mind'', ed. Jen Green & Sarah Lefanu (The Women's Press: 1985), what happens to all the extra babies in a near-future U.S. when abortion has been outlawed? | ||
* Rick Lawler, editor | * Rick Lawler, editor, ''Abortion Stories: Fiction on Fire'' (1992), 23 stories about abortion; many are SF. | ||
* "[[Battlestar Galactica (2004 television series)|Battlestar Galactica]]" - episodes "Epiphanies" (forced abortion) and "The Captain's Hand", abortion is outlawed with the intention of increasing the population. | * "[[Battlestar Galactica (2004 television series)|Battlestar Galactica]]" - episodes "Epiphanies" (forced abortion) and "The Captain's Hand", abortion is outlawed with the intention of increasing the population. | ||
* "[[Rain Without Thunder]]" (1993) (dir. Gary Bennett), a future U.S. in which abortion has been outlawed. | * "[[Rain Without Thunder]]" (1993) (dir. Gary Bennett), a future U.S. in which abortion has been outlawed. | ||
* "[[Pro-Life]]" (2007) (dir. John Carpenter; the Showtime [[Masters of Horror series]]) | |||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
* [[Birth | * [[Birth control]] | ||
* [[Pregnancy]] | |||
[[Category:Body themes]] | [[Category:Body themes]] | ||
[[Category:Reproduction themes]] | [[Category:Reproduction themes]] | ||
[[Category:Political liberty themes]] | [[Category:Political liberty themes]] | ||
[[category:Themes and tropes by name]] | |||
[[Category:Lists]] | |||
[[Category:Lists of works by theme]] | |||
Latest revision as of 08:14, 21 April 2010
SF featuring abortion.
What's the status of abortion in the future? Or on alternate worlds? What SF-nal characters deal with abortion?
List of works
- Flynn Connolly - The Rising of the Moon (1993), a future Ireland where abortion is still illegal.
- Elizabeth DeVos - "Out of the Fire" in Imagination Fully Dilated: Science Fiction, ed. Robert Kruger & Patrick Swenson, a phoenix decides not to die and right-to-lifers are concerned that the phoenix will never be reborn.
- Lucy Ferriss - The Misconceiver, all about future abortionists.
- Esther M. Friesner - "A Birthday", a dystopian short story.
- Joan Givner - Half Known Lives (2001), an anti-choice male politician is impregnated.
- Nalo Hopkinson - Midnight Robber (2000), the protagonist has an abortion after sexual abuse by her father.
- Robert J. Howe - "Miscarriage of Justice" at Salon.com (2004 March 24), the punishment for abortion is a "life sentence of hard labor".
- Marie Jakober - Even the Stones (originally published as High Kamilan), an abortion scene at the beginning of the novel which becomes an important aspect of plot.
- Carrie Laben - "Something in the Mermaid Way" at Clarkesworld Magazine (2007 March), abortion as a response to economic stress and as a creative act.
- Thomas F. Monteleone - "Breath's a Ware That Will Not Keep" (in Dystopian Visions, ed. Roger Elwood (Prentice Hall: 1975).
- Rachel Cosgrove Payes - "Come Take a Dip with Me in the Genetic Pool" in Dystopian Visions, ed. Roger Elwood (Prentice Hall: 1975).
- Josephine Saxton - "Big Operation on Altair Three" in Despatches from the Frontiers of the Female Mind, ed. Jen Green & Sarah Lefanu (The Women's Press: 1985), in a hyper-real world of future advertising, a real live surgery is performed to sell cars.
- Raccoona Sheldon - "Morality Meat" Despatches from the Frontiers of the Female Mind, ed. Jen Green & Sarah Lefanu (The Women's Press: 1985), what happens to all the extra babies in a near-future U.S. when abortion has been outlawed?
- Rick Lawler, editor, Abortion Stories: Fiction on Fire (1992), 23 stories about abortion; many are SF.
- "Battlestar Galactica" - episodes "Epiphanies" (forced abortion) and "The Captain's Hand", abortion is outlawed with the intention of increasing the population.
- "Rain Without Thunder" (1993) (dir. Gary Bennett), a future U.S. in which abortion has been outlawed.
- "Pro-Life" (2007) (dir. John Carpenter; the Showtime Masters of Horror series)