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Girls on the stand : how courts fail pregnant minors / Helena Silverstein.
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Silverstein, Helena.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Abortion--Law and legislation--United States.
- Abortion.
- Abortion--Law and legislation.
- Teenage mothers.
- United States.
- Teenage mothers--Legal status, laws, etc--United States.
- Teenage pregnancy--United States.
- Teenage pregnancy.
- Judicial discretion--United States.
- Judicial discretion.
- Judicial process--United States.
- Judicial process.
- Minors--United States.
- Minors.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 239 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : New York University Press, [2007]
- Contents:
- Parental involvement mandates
- A balancing act
- The legal landscape
- Gaining access to the bypass process
- Satisfaction
- Ignorance
- Misconduct
- The judicial pulpit
- Judgment day
- Facing the fetus
- Law and politics
- The constitutional fine print
- Myth-guided policy.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-228) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780814740316
- 0814740316
- OCLC:
- 76925211
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