Doctors and demonstrators
Subtitle: how political institutions shape abortion law in the United States, Britain, and Canada
By: Drew Halfmann
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Chicago; London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 354
ISBN-13: 9780226313429; 9780226313436
Subjects: Law and legislation; Abortion
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Abortion reforms of the long 1960s; title: The reforms and their roots; title: Medical interests and priorities; title: After reform; title: Abortion services; title: The politicization of abortion; title: Policy change after reform; title: Political institutions and abortion policy; title: Appendix 1. Statements on abortion in American party platforms, 1972-2008; title: Appendix 2. U.S. Supreme Court cases on abortion; title: Appendix 3. Abortion attitudes in the United States and Britain; title: Appendix 4. Abortion funding and provision in the United States, Britain, and Canada, 1970s-2000s; title: Appendix 5. Abortion attitudes in the United States, Britain, and Canada, 1975-2004.