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Abortion in the United States : the moral and legal landscape / Elyshia Aseltine and Sheldon Ekland-Olson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Aseltine, Elyshia, author.
- Ekland-Olson, Sheldon, 1944- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Abortion--United States.
- Abortion.
- Abortion--Law and legislation--United States.
- Reproductive rights--United States.
- Reproductive rights.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (vi, 73 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Routledge, 2025.
- Contents:
- Abortions Shifting Landscape: Introduction
- A General Framework: Dealing with Life Threatening Dilemmas
- An Overview of Abortion in the United States
- Public Opinion
- Measuring Public Opinion on Abortion
- Patterns in Use
- A Brief History of Controlling Childbearing
- Establishing the Constitutional Right to Privacy
- The Catholic Church and Contraception
- Comstock Laws
- Sanger, Birth Control, and Eugenics
- Thalidomide, Rubella and Abortion
- San Francisco Nine
- A Bolt from the Blue: Roe v. Wade
- Model Penal Code and Abortion
- Timing of Abortion: Trimesters and Fetal Development
- The Power or Empathy: The Personhood of the Fetus
- Dismantling Roe: Shifting Composition of the Supreme Court
- Protests and Violent Opposition
- Summer of Mercy
- Late Term Abortions
- Abortions Later in Pregnancy
- Modern Abortion Methods
- Determining Undue Burden
- The Reality of "Exceptions" in Total Ban States: The Case of Kate Cox in Texas
- Current Legal Status of Abortion in US States
- Public Opinion on Abortion Post-Dobbs
- Questions to be Answered
- The Coming Years
- Illegal Abortion.
- Notes:
- "Routledge Focus" -- from cover.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. London Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on October 17, 2024).
- Other Format:
- Print version: Aseltine, Elyshia. Abortion's shifting landscape
- ISBN:
- 9781003430605
- 1003430600
- 9781040262917
- 1040262910
- 9781040262955
- 1040262953
- Publisher Number:
- 40032494947
- 9781003430605
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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