Are abortion rights threatened?
By: Tamara L. Roleff, book editor
Series: At issue. Civil liberties; At issue
Publisher: Greenhaven Press, A part of Gale, Cengage Learning
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 132
ISBN-13: 9780737761450; 9780737761467
Subjects: Moral and ethical aspects; Law and legislation; Abortion
Description: Debates such issues as whether abortion should be banned; whether teens must notify their parents prior to having an abortion; whether women undergoing abortions should be required to have an ultrasound and whether doctors may refuse to perform abortions if it violates their spiritual and moral beliefs. --Introduction, page 10.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 121-125) and index.
Table of contents: title: All abortions must be illegal / Judie Brown and Robert P. Evangelisto; title: Abortion rights are threatened / Rachel Benson Gold and Elizabeth Nash; title: Late-term abortions should be banned / National Review; title: Late-term abortions should not be banned / Willie Parker; title: Abortion bans should not include an exception for rape / Andrew P. Napolitano; title: Abortion bans with exceptions for rape are hypocritical / Irin Carmon; title: Abortion bans without exceptions endanger women's health / NARAL Pro-Choice America; title: Parental involvement laws for abortions for minors are constitutional / Teresa S. Collett; title: Parental involvement laws for abortions for minors are unconstitutional / Center for Reproductive Rights; title: Unborn children have rights that must be protected / Paul Ryan; title: Giving rights to fetuses endangers women / Michelle Goldberg; title: Ultrasounds before abortions are often medically necessary / Alana Goodman; title: Women seeking abortions should not be forced to undergo an ultrasound / Carolyn Jones; title: A forced transvaginal ultrasound constitutes being raped / Dahlia Lithwick; title: A forced transvaginal ultrasound is not like being raped / Megan Carpentier; title: Doctors may refuse to perform abortions if they have a conflict of conscience / E. Christian Brugger.