Abortion, medicine, and the law /

An anthology of original and reprinted articles expressing views on all aspects of the subject of abortion.

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Other Authors: Walbert, David F., Butler, J. Douglas 1942-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, N.Y. : Facts on File Publications, c1986.
Edition:3rd ed., completely rev.
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Table of 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 public 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.