Abortion: medical progress and social implications -- Contents -- Introduction -- Legal abortion in England and Wales -- Discussion -- Abortion services in Slovenia -- Provision of abortion services in the United States -- General discussion 1 Abortion law and abortion services in Japan and other countries -- Mortality due to abortion at Kenyatta National Hospital, 1974-1983 -- Discussion -- Abortion in Thailand and Sweden: health services and short-term consequences -- Discussion -- Sequelae of induced abortion -- Discussion -- The comparative safety of second-trimester abortion methods -- Discussion -- Some aspects of late abortion for congenital abnormality -- Discussion -- General discussion 2 Ethical aspects of abortion -- Live-born infants of 24 to 28 weeks' gestation: survival and sequelae at two years of age -- Discussion -- Follow-up study of children born to women denied abortion -- Discussion -- Post-abortion and post-partum psychiatric hospitalization -- Discussion -- The effects of abortion on a marriage -- Discussion -- Menstrual induction: surgery versus pro- staglandins -- Discussion -- Contragestion by antiprogestin: a new approach to human fertility control -- Discussion -- Legal abortion: limits and contributions to human life -- Discussion -- Viability and the moral status of the fetus -- Discussion -- Politics and abortion -- Discussion -- Final general discussion Providing effective abortion services -- Effects on society of changes in abortion laws -- Contragestion -- Medical progress and the social implications of abortion: summing-up -- Biographies of contributors -- Index of contributors -- Subject index.