The politicsof abortion and birth control in historical perspective
By: edited by Donald T. Critchlow..
Contributors: Critchlow, Donald T, 1948-
Series: Issues in policy history --  5
Publisher: Pennsylvania State University Press
Published: 1996
Place of publication: University Park, Pa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 180
Subjects: Abortion -- United States -- History.; Birth control -- United States -- History.; Pro-choice movement -- United States -- History.; Pro-life movement -- United States -- History.
Other titles: Journal of policy history.
Description: While there is extensive literature on the social history, politics, and legal aspects of birth control and abortion in the United States, the history of family planning as a policy remains to be fully recorded. This volume is intended to contribute to this history by examining birth control and abortion within a larger cultural, policy, and comparative framework. The essays contained in this volume represent a variety of perspectives and scholarly interests. In many.

Instances the authors differ with each other as well as with the editor on fundamental points of historical interpretation. They all, however, share a commitment to study the politics of population within a scholarly framework that emphasizes the importance of policy history for understanding past and contemporary problems.
Notes: "Originally published as a special issue of Journal of policy history (vol. 7, no. 1, 1995)"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references (p. (177)-180).