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The abortion controversy : a documentary history
- Title
- The abortion controversy : a documentary history / edited by Eva R. Rubin.
- Format
- Book
- Published
- Westport, Conn. : Greenwood, 1994.
- Description
- xxiv, 312 p. ; 24 cm.
- Other contributors
- Rubin, Eva R.
- Uniform series
- Primary documents in American history and contemporary issues.
- Notes
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Partial contents
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- Part I : before 1960
- Abortion in historical context
- Contraception and abortion in America before 1960 - Part II : the abortion reform movement (1960-1972)
- The reformers
- Catalysts
- Reform activity in state legislatures (1967-1972)
- The politics of state legislative reform (1967-1973)
- Breakthrough in the courts
- The abortion situation worldwide
- Public opinion
- Philosophical arguments for and against the liberalization of abortion laws - Part III : the 1973 abortion cases
- The law and the cases
- The immediate reaction to the abortion decisions
- Part IV : the battle lines are drawn (1974-1980)
- State legislative action and judicial response (1974-1980)
- Amending the constitution
- Politics and elections
- Part V : the Reagan and Bush administrations and beyond (1980- )
- National politics
- State legislation during the 1980s
- New issues and problems.
- Kinsey subjects
- Abortion history. Legal aspects of abortion. Abortion--United States.
- ISBN
- 0313284768 (alk. paper) 9780313284762 (alk. paper)