Who chooses?
Subtitle: American reproductive history since 1830
By: Simone M. Caron.
Publisher: University Press of Florida
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Gainesville
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 378
ISBN-13: 9780813031996
Subjects: Contraception -- United States -- History -- 19th century; Contraception -- Government policy -- United States -- History -- 19th century; Birth control -- United States -- History -- 19th century; Birth control -- Government policy -- United States -- History -- 19th century; Abortion -- United States -- History -- 19th century; Abortion -- Government policy -- United States -- History -- 19th century; Human reproduction -- Government policy -- United States -- History -- 19th century
Description: "In 1860, the American Medical Association launched a campaign to convince state legislatures to prohibit abortions. Until 1973's Roe v. Wade, abortion was often seen as a crime. Who Chooses? analyzes the forces at play in shaping reproductive policy in the United States." "In tracing the political battle over reproduction rights through government politics from 1830 to the present, Simone Caron's work is unique in that she synthesizes historical discussions of abortion, birth control, and sterilization, which have often been considered as separate entitites. Placing these three means of reproductive control into a cohesive framework, she studies national decisions made over the years, then localizes the politics with a unique case study of Rhode Island."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [323]-355) and index.
Table of contents: title: A brief overview of American reproductive history; title: Abortion and contraception in the nineteenth century; title: Race suicide, eugenics, and contraception, 1900-1930; title: Population control and the Great Depression, 1930-1939; title: World War II, the baby boom, and the population explosion, 1939-1963; title: Who pays? Contraceptive services and the welfare state, 1963-1975; title: Who pays for what? Abortion and sterilization, 1960-1975; title: Backlash, 1973-2000; title: Conclusion; title: Appendixes.; title: Letter to the President and Councilors of the State Medical Society, 1860 / Henry Miller; title: Memorial to the Governor and Legislature of the State of Rhode Island, 1860 / Henry Miller; title: Recommended state statute / Horatio R. Storer; title: Rhode Island Abortion Statute, 1861; title: Rhode Island Abortion Statute, 1867