| Edition |
Third edition, completely revised. |
| Description |
xvi, 795 pages ; 26 cm |
| Note |
Rev. ed. of: Abortion, society, and the law. 1973. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographies and index. |
| Contents |
Part one. The law -- The rise and fall of the right-to-life movement in Congress : response to the Roe decision, 1973-1983 / Bob Packwood -- State legislatures versus the Supreme Court : abortion legislation in the 1980s / B.J. George, Jr. -- The abortion controversy : a study in law and politics / Albert M. Pearson and Paul M. Kurtz -- Minors' rights to confidential abortions : the evolving legal scene / Janet Benshoof and Harriet Pilpel -- The Supreme Court on abortion : a survey / Mark Tushnet -- Wrongful birth, wrongful life : emerging theories of liability / Don C. Smith, Jr. -- The law and history of abortion : the Supreme Court refuted / Stephen M. Krason and William B. Hollberg -- Part two. Medicine -- The genesis of liberalized abortion in New York : a personal insight / Alan F. Guttmacher, update by Irwin H. Kaiser -- Abortion practices in the United States : a medical viewpoint / Kenneth R. Niswander and Manuel Porto -- The impact of an abnormal fetus or child on the choice for prenatal diagnosis and selective abortion / M. Neil Macintyre, Llew Keltner, Dorothy A. Kovacevich -- Demographic and pubic health experience with legal abortion : 1973-1980 / Christopher Tietze-- The first decade of legal abortion in the United States : effects on maternal health / Willard Cates, Jr. -- Abortion on request : the psychiatric implications / Richard A. Schwartz -- Part three. Ethics -- Abortion : some ethical issues / Daniel Callahan -- Abortion and the conscience of the nation / Ronald Reagan -- The experience of pain by the unborn / John T. Noonan, Jr. |
| Subject |
Abortion -- United States.
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Abortion -- Law and legislation -- United States.
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Abortion -- Moral and ethical aspects.
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| Indexed Term |
United States Abortion |
| Subject |
Ethics, Medical.
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Forensic Medicine.
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Abortion, Induced.
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| Added Author |
Butler, J. Douglas (John Douglas), 1942-
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Walbert, David F.
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| Added Title |
Abortion, society, and the law.
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| ISBN |
0816011982: $35.00 |
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9780816011988 |
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