| Description |
xv, 524 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
Framing the issues -- Medical indications, medical sequelae --Psychiatric indications, psychiatric consequences -- Fetal indications -- Restrictive legal codes -- Moderate legal codes : the Scandinavian countries -- Permissive legal systems -- Patterns and probabilities : social and legal -- The sanctity of life -- The "beginning" of human life : philosophical considerations -- The "beginning" of human life : interpreting the biological data -- The Roman Catholic position -- Abortion on request and legal reform -- On making abortion decisions. |
| Summary |
This book (written before the 1973 Roe vs. Wade decision which legalized abortion in the United States) examines the legal, social, and moral dimensions of abortion. |
| Form |
Also issued online. |
| Subject |
Abortion.
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Abortion, Induced -- Legislation.
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Morals -- Legislation.
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| Indexed Term |
Abortion Social aspects |
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Abortion Law Country-by-country surveys |
| Other Form: |
Online version: Callahan, Daniel, 1930- Abortion: law, choice, and morality. [New York] : Macmillan, [1970] (OCoLC)569910933 |
| ISBN |
0025208004 |
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9780025208001 |
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