Taking chances
Subtitle: abortion and the decision not to contracept
By: Kristin Luker.
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 1975
Place of publication: Berkeley
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 207
Subjects: Birth control -- California; Contraception -- Psychological aspects; Abortion -- California; Risk-taking (Psychology)
Notes: Bibliography: p. [195]-204.
Includes index.
Table of contents: title: The scope of the problem : the "abortion revolution" -- Contraceptive risk-taking : a theoretical overview -- The costs of contraception -- The benefits of pregnancy -- Toward a theory of contraceptive risk-taking -- The politics of pregnancy : the social and cultural context of contraceptive risk-taking -- Options for the future : implications for policy making -- Appendix 1. Methods -- Appendix 2. The women of the abortion clinic : demographic, referral, and medical contraceptive information -- Appendix 3. Abortions in the state of California -- Appendix 4. Direct comparisons of women having abortions in California and women having abortions in the abortion clinic.