Birth control / Aharon W. Zorea.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Zorea, Aharon W.

Series:

Health and medical issues today

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Birth control--United States.

Birth control.

Birth control--Government policy.

United States.

Birth control--Government policy--United States.

Physical Description:

xiv, 216 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Santa Barbara, Calif. : Greenwood, [2012]

Summary:

For most of the 19th century, birth control was not considered a health or medical issue; all prohibitions and prosecutions regarding birth control were implemented under obscenity laws. One such law, the Comstock Act of 1873, banned the distribution of contraceptives as well as information about contraceptives. Today, over 100 years later, while no longer running amuck of obscenity laws, birth control is still a highly sensitive subject.

Issues regarding access to, education about, and practical use of birth control have played a pivotal role in religious, social, and political conflicts throughout the 19th and 20th centuries. In the,21st century, controversies surrounding birth control remain at the forefront of debates surrounding topics as varied as women's rights, social welfare initiatives, federal healthcare funding, consumer protection and physician liability, and informed consent.

Birth Control provides a historical background of premodern practices, and discusses all currently available types of contraceptive systems, including both artificial and natural methods. The treatment of contemporary public debates on birth control addresses questions posed on practical, ethical, religious, and moral grounds, and is presented respectfully and in a balanced fashion. Book jacket.

Contents:

Introduction

Types of birth control and their controversies

History of birth control : from the American Revolution to World War II

Birth control since 1945

Consumer protection

Government policy

Social impact of birth control

Primary document A: Early motivations for birth control : part I : science or pornography?

Primary document B: Early opposition to birth control : moral temperance or public interference?

Primary document C: Early motivations for birth control : part II : feminism, radicalism, or public health?

Primary document D: Supreme Court cases : from public health to civil rights

Primary document E: Religious reactions : free choice or intrinsic evil?

Primary document F: Birth control as a political issue : is abortion a form of birth control?

Timeline for birth control issues

Glossary.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780313362545

0313362548

9780313362552

0313362556

OCLC:

696099287