Cover Image

Who chooses? : American reproductive history since 1830 /

Show other versions (1)
Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Caron, Simone M.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2008]
Subjects:
Contraception > United States > History > 19th century.
Contraception > Government policy > United States > History > 19th century.
Birth control > United States > History > 19th century.
Birth control > Government policy > United States > History > 19th century.
Abortion > United States > History > 19th century.
Abortion > Government policy > United States > History > 19th century.
Human reproduction > Government policy > United States > History > 19th century.
Table of Contents:
  • A brief overview of American reproductive history
  • Abortion and contraception in the nineteenth century
  • Race suicide, eugenics, and contraception, 1900-1930
  • Population control and the Great Depression, 1930-1939
  • World War II, the baby boom, and the population explosion, 1939-1963
  • Who pays? contraceptive services and the welfare state, 1963-1975
  • Who pays for what? abortion and sterilization, 1960-1975
  • Backlash, 1973-2000
  • Conclusion.