Abortion law in the United States and Europe / edited by Jean Simpson.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Simpson, Jean, 1942- editor.

Series:

Law, crime and law enforcement.

Law, Crime and Law Enforcement

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Abortion--Law and legislation--United States.

Abortion.

Abortion--Law and legislation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (78 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Nova Science Publishers, Inc., [2015]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In 1973, the U.S. Supreme Court concluded in Roe v. Wade that the U.S. Constitution protects a woman's decision to terminate her pregnancy. In Doe v. Bolton, a companion decision, the Court found that a state may not unduly burden the exercise of that fundamental right with regulations that prohibit or substantially limit access to the means of effectuating the decision to have an abortion. Rather than settle the issue, the Court's rulings since Roe and Doe have continued to generate debate and have precipitated a variety of governmental actions at the national, state, and local levels designe

Contents:

ABORTION LAW IN THE UNITED STATES AND EUROPE; ABORTION LAW IN THE UNITED STATES AND EUROPE; Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data; CONTENTS; PREFACE; Chapter 1: ABORTION: JUDICIAL HISTORY AND LEGISLATIVE RESPONSE; SUMMARY; JUDICIAL HISTORY; PUBLIC FUNDING OF ABORTIONS; LEGISLATIVE HISTORY; HEALTH REFORM; LEGISLATION IN THE 113TH CONGRESS; LEGISLATION IN THE 114TH CONGRESS; Chapter 2: ABORTION LEGISLATION IN EUROPE; COMPARATIVE SUMMARY; ARMENIA; AUSTRIA; BELGIUM; CZECH REPUBLIC; DENMARK; FINLAND; FRANCE; GERMANY; GREAT BRITAIN; ICELAND; IRELAND; ITALY; LATVIA; NETHERLANDS; NORWAY

POLANDPORTUGAL; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SPAIN; SWEDEN; SWITZERLAND; UKRAINE; INDEX

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed July 28, 2015).

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-63482-764-3