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Abortion : a documentary and reference guide / Melody Rose

Material Type Books
Publisher Farmington Hills, Mich. : Gale
Year 2010
Language English
Size 1 online resource (xvi, 258 p.) : ill

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Information Center for Women's Education electronic bk. 498.2/A14 2000105802 この資料は電子ブックです。URL欄のアイコンをクリックしてください。館内のみ利用可能です。 9780313087950
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Contents Abortion in early America
Early twentieth-century tensions and trends
Abortion at a crossroads : America at mid-century
Roe v. Wade and its critics
The parties collide
The pendulum swings again
The battle continues into the twenty-first century
Notes Originally published: Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press , 2008
Includes bibliographical references (p. [253]-255) and index
"This thought-provoking reference work explores the evolution of America's heated abortion debate in a selection of over 40 primary documents from the 19th century to the present day. The guide includes not only key laws and court cases that have determined abortion policy, but also political speeches, medical essays, theological writings, newspaper advertisements, magazine articles, and popular books that offer insight into America's changing attitudes towards women, race, the medical field, and the role of government in its citizens' personal lives. Each document is preceded by an introduction and is followed by analysis to help readers understand its significance and historical context. Today abortion is America's most contentious political and religious rallying point. Yet 150 years ago it was a virtual non-issue, quietly performed for centuries by women and mid-wives. What changed? This thought-provoking reference work explores the evolution of America's abortion debate in a balanced selection of over
Originally published: Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press , 2008
Authors *Rose, Melody
Subjects LCSH:Abortion -- United States -- History  All Subject Search
MESH:Abortion, Induced -- History  All Subject Search
MESH:United States
MESH:History, 19th Century
MESH:History, 20th Century
MESH:History, 21st Century
FREE:SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Abortion & Birth Control. bisacsh  All Subject Search
FREE:Electronic books
WISH:中絶
WISH:歴史
WISH:事典
FREE:19世紀
FREE:20世紀
FREE:アメリカ合衆国
FREE:電子ブック
Classification LCC:HQ767.5.U5
NLM:HQ 767.5.U5
DC22:363.460973
ID BB11237282
ISBN 9780313087950
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