Abortion, medicine, and the law /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Butler, J. Douglas (John Douglas), 1942-, Walbert, David F.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Facts on File, [1992]
Edition:Fourth edition, completely revised.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • State legislatures versus the Supreme Court: abortion legislation into the 1990s / B.J. George, Jr.
  • Cycle of constitutional uncertainity in American abortion law / William W. Van Alstyne
  • Abortion: the case against compromise / Walter Dellinger
  • Is abortion the "first right" for women?: some consequences of legal abortion / Paige Comstock Cunningham, J.D. and Clarke D. Forsythe
  • Is equal protection a shelter for the right to abortion? / James Bopp, Jr.
  • "Hello, dad. This is your daughter. Can I get an abortion?": an essay on the minor's right to a confidential abortion / Michael J. Malinowski
  • Partners and the abortion decision / Susan M. Davies
  • Wrongful birth/wrongful life: the tort progeny of legalized abortion / Michele E. Beasley
  • Shared interests: promoting healthy births without sacrificing women's liberty / Dawn Johnsen
  • Fetal rights: sources and implications of an emerging legal concept / Christopher P. Yates and Corinne Beckwith Yates
  • Abortion in six countries: a comparative legal analysis / Donald P. Kommers.
  • (cont) Abortion law in Canada / A. Anne McLellan
  • New constitutional and penal theory in Spanish abortion law / Richard Stith
  • Induced abortion: a world review, 1990 / Stanley K. Henshaw
  • Coming into being: the prenatal development of humans / Michael J. Flower
  • Is an embryo a person? / Charles A. Gardner
  • Abortion surveillance, United States, 1988 / Lisa M. Koonin
  • Abortion services in the United States, 1987 and 1988 / Stanley K. Henshaw
  • Biology and clinical uses of the antisteroid hormone RU486 / Etienne-Emile Baulieu
  • Impact of an abnormal fetus or child on the choice for prenatal diagnosis and selective abortion / M. Neil Macintyre
  • Genesis of liberalized abortion in New York: a person insight / Alan F. Guttmacher
  • Abortion practices in the United States: a medical viewpoint / Kenneth R. Niswander and Manuel Porto
  • Medical and research uses of human fetal tissues / Kenneth J. Ryan
  • Psychological aspects of unwanted pregnancy and its resolution / Nancy Felipe Russo.
  • (cont) Rise and fall of the right-to-life movement in congress: response to the Roe decision, 1973-1983 / Senator Bob Packwood
  • Congressional action on abortion: 1984-1991 / Sharon Block
  • Right to privacy: a historical perspective / Linda Przbyszewski
  • Abortion: some ethical issues / Daniel Callahan
  • Human fetal tissue transplantation research: conflict in ethics and public policy / Thomas H. Murray
  • Religious approaches to abortion / Paul D. Simmons.