Abortion, Doctors and the Law
Subtitle: Some Aspects of the Legal Regulation of Abortion in England from 1803 to 1982 (Cambridge Studies in the History of Medicine)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: June 20, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9780521894135
Subjects: English law: criminal law; Human rights; Medical ethics; Contraception; Medical / Nursing; Medical; United Kingdom, Great Britain; History; Medical / History; Gynecology & Obstetrics
First sentence: This chapter focusses, against the background of the common-law offence of abortion, on the enactment of the first statutory prohibition of abortion in Lord Ellenborough's Act 1803 (43 Geo III c. 58).