Abstract
The following paper will focus on Jodi Picoult's handling of abortion in her novel A Spark of Light (2018). I will argue that the author uses abortion as a magnifying glass which exposes the experience of “second-class citizenship” that many American women are forced to embody. Particular emphasis will be given to the influence of religion within American society, the implications of racist thinking in relation to the broader concept of biopolitics, the legacy of the Reaganite Right, and the dominance of fetal or infantile images in the public sphere. The conclusion will stress that Picoult's novel deserves the widest possible audience, as it critically engages with the material conditions of citizenship, and shows how abortion, biopolitics, and civil rights can be re-thought, re-negotiated and re-politicized.
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