The racket : how abortion became legal in Australia / Gideon Haigh.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Haigh, Gideon.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Abortion--Australia--History.

Abortion.

Abortion--Law and legislation--Australia.

Women--Crimes against--Australia.

Women.

Women--Australia--Social conditions.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (405 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Carlton, Vic.: Melbourne University Press Digital, 2008.

Summary:

A generation ago in Australia, abortion was a crime. It was also the basis of one of the country's most lucrative and longest-lasting criminal rackets. The Racket describes the rise and fall of an extraordinary web of influence, which culminated in the landmark ruling that made abortion legal, and a public inquiry that humiliated a powerful government and a glamorous police force.

Contents:

Cover; Title; Dedication; Contents; Prologue; 'The girl is killed and I will be hanged'; 'I won't be alive in the morning'; 'Not a fit subject for debate'; 'That old bastard, he knew'; 'It's not what you say; it's what we say you say'; 'Boys in a man's world'; 'She was only dangerous at times'; 'Hell, we all do it ... '; 'The b-b-better man won'; 'I don't think it has anything to do with you'; 'Look here Doctor, I might have to arrest you'; 'Didn't you know they were so close to you?'; 'I don't know whether to shoot myself '; 'See you in hell, sweetie'; Epilogue: 'The choice for me'

Notes:

Includes bibliography and index.

ISBN:

9780522859126

0522859127

OCLC:

1493618439