Abortion in America : The Origins and Evolution of National Policy.
Title:
Abortion in America : The Origins and Evolution of National Policy.
Author:
Mohr, James C.
ISBN:
9780199726875
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (344 pages)
Contents:
Contents -- one: Abortion in America, 1800-1825 -- two: The First Wave of Abortion Legislation, 1821-1841 -- three: The Great Upsurge of Abortion, 1840-1880 -- four: The Social Character of Abortion in America, 1840-1880 -- five: The Transitional Legislation of 1840-1860 -- six: The Physicians' Crusade Against Abortion, 1857-1880 -- seven: Public Opinion and the Abortion Issue, 1860-1880 -- eight: Anti-Abortion Legislation, 1860-1880 -- nine: Anti-Abortion as American Policy, 1880-1900 -- afterword: The Roe Decision -- Notes -- Appendices -- I. Case Studies from Medical Publications Involving Abortions in the United States, 1839-79 -- II. Case Studies from Medical Publications Involving Abortions in the United States, 1880-1900 -- III. Anti-Abortion Activity on the Part of State and Local Medical Societies -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W.
Abstract:
Chronicles the incidence of abortion in nineteenthand twentieth-century America and the causes and processes of the profound social change which resulted, by 1900, in the nearly universal legal proscription of abortion.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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