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SF About Abortion
SF featuring abortion.


* [[Elizabeth DeVos]]. "Out of the Fire" (in Imagination Fully Dilated: Science Fiction, ed. by Robert Kruger & Patrick Swenson) (a phoenix decides not to die; right-to-lifers are concerned that the phoenix will never be reborn)
What's the status of abortion in the future? Or on alternate worlds? What SF-nal characters deal with abortion?
* [[Lucy Ferriss]]. ''The Misconceivers'' (all about future abortionists)
 
* [[Thomas F. Monteleone]]. "Breath's a Ware That Will Not Keep" (in Dystopian Visions, edited by Roger Elwood (Prentice Hall: 1975).
 
* [[Rachel Cosgrove Payes]]. "Come Take a Dip with Me in the Genetic Pool" (in Dystopian Visions, edited by Roger Elwood (Prentice Hall: 1975).
==List of works==
* [[Josephine Saxton]]. "[[Big Operation on Altair Three]]" (in Jen Green & Sarah Lefanu, editors, Despatches from the Frontiers of the Female Mind, 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" (in Jen Green & Sarah Lefanu, editors, Despatches from the Frontiers of the Female Mind, The Women's Press: 1985) (What happens to all the extra babies in a near-future US when abortion has been outlawed?)
* [[Flynn Connolly]] - ''[[The Rising of the Moon]]'' (1993), a future Ireland where abortion is still illegal.
* [[Rick Lawler]], editor. ''Abortion Stories: Fiction on Fire'' (1992) (23 stories about abortion; many are SF)
* [[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.
* Salon.com story
* [[Lucy Ferriss]] - ''[[The Misconceiver]]'', all about future abortionists.
* "Battlestar Galactica" episodes "Epiphanies" (forced abortion) and "The Captain's Hand" (abortion is outlawed with the intent of increasing the population)
* [[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 (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.
* "[[Pro-Life]]" (2007) (dir. John Carpenter; the Showtime [[Masters of Horror series]])
 
==See also==
* [[Birth control]]
* [[Pregnancy]]
 
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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)

See also

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