Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2017
Department
Communication
Abstract
This article analyzes texts circulated in the 2014 debate over Colorado’s Amendment 67, the so-called Personhood Amendment, to demonstrate that value claims within the abortion debate are subordinated in favor of discussing the potential legal and philosophical implications of granting fetuses personhood. Using prudence, Robert Hariman’s (1991) framework for understanding political action, as a theoretical lens, I argue the personhood debate offers scholars an opportunity to identify and evaluate competing value claims of and in relation to potential impacts of the amendment. Prudence offers a compelling area for political communication and rhetorical scholars to expand and develop in light of policy failures in the abortion debate, and other key areas.
Original Publication Information
Coker, C. R. "Murder, Miscarriage, and Women’s Choice: Prudence in the Colorado Personhood Debate." 2017. Western Journal of Communication, 81(3): 300-319.
ThinkIR Citation
Coker, Calvin, "Murder, Miscarriage, and Women’s Choice: Prudence in the Colorado Personhood Debate" (2017). Faculty and Staff Scholarship. 769.
https://ir.library.louisville.edu/faculty/769
DOI
10.1080/10570314.2016.1245439
ORCID
0000-0001-6767-3398
Comments
This is the accepted version of the article that was published in Western Journal of Communication, volume 81, issue 3, in 2017.
Full article: Murder, Miscarriage, and Women’s Choice: Prudence in the Colorado Personhood Debate (tandfonline.com)