Abortion Law and Politics Today [Paperback]

Women's needs are placed at the centre of this collection. The contributors discuss the extent to which the contemporary legal framework on abortion matches the needs of women faced with unwanted pregnancy. The book contains sections on Britain, including an account of the campaign to legalize abortion, written by those centrally involved with that campaign; international comparisons of abortion law, with chapters on France, the United States, Ireland and Poland; and chapters covering contemporary debates, including men's rights in abortion and abortion for foetal abnormality.Acknowledgements Notes on Contributors Editor's Introduction PART I Voices from the 1960s: Abortion Law Reform in Britain in the 1960s - What were the Issues then?; M. Simms A Medical View of Abortion in the 1960s; D. Paintin Campaigning for Abortion Law Reform; D. Cossey Women's Experience of Abortion Before the 1967 Abortion Act: a Study of South Wales c. 1930-50; K. Fisher The Abortion Act 1967: a Critical Perspective; S. Sheldon Dominant Ideas versus Women's Reality: Hegemonic Discourse in British Abortion Law; M. Lattimer A Woman's Right to Choose?; J. Bridgeman PART II Abortion in Northern Ireland: A Problem Exported; A. Simpson Abortion Law in the Republic of Ireland; T. O'Brien From Abortion on Demand to its Criminalisation: the Case of Poland in the 1990s; D. Standish Reform and Revolution: the Campaigns for Abortion in Britain and France; M. Latham Abortion Rights in the United States: Discourse and Dissension; F. Kissling and D. Shannon PART III Wrong but the Right Thing to Do: Public Opinion and Abortion; A. Furedi Prenatal Tests: Blessings and Burdens; J. Hadley Reproductive Technology: New Ethical Dilemmas and Old Moral Prejudices; J. Tizzard Abortion Decision-Making: Taking Men's Needs Seriously; M. Fox Abortion: Should Men have a Say?; D. Nolan Index

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