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Table of Contents

Series Foreword
Introduction
Before 1960
The Early History of Abortion
The Common Law
A Short History of Abortion Policy in the United States: The Historians' Brief
The Medical Crusade against Abortion (1840-1880)
Criminal Abortion Laws
The Legal Prohibition of Contraception
Signs of Change (1940-1960)
The Abortion Reform Movement (1960-1972)
The Bad Old Days
The National Organization for Women
Two Reformers: Lawrence Lader and Patricia Maginnis
Mounting a Constitutional Attack on State Abortion Laws
Task Force Report on Family Law and Policy American Women, 1968
Feminist
The Thalidomide Scare and the German Measles Epidemic
Concern about Population Pressures
The Medical Profession: New Medical Techniques
California
Philosophical Arguments for and against the Liberalization of Abortion Laws
The 1973 Abortion Cases
The Constitutional Provisions: Liberty, Privacy, and the Ninth Amendment
The Fourteenth Amendment
Griswold v. Connecticut and the Right to Privacy
How the Cases Got Started
Inside the Court
The Cases: Roe v. Wade and Doe v. Bolton
Doe v. Bolton: The Companion Case
Public Reaction
Reaction in Congress
The Law Professors
The Battle Lines Are Drawn (1974-1980)
Missouri Passes a Restrictive Statute
Parental Consent and the Rights of Minors
State Cut Off Funding for Elective Abortions
Legislative Attempts by Congress to Limit Abortion
The Edelin Case (1975)
A Human Life Amendment
Hearing on Two Constitutional Amendments before the Subcommittee on Constitutional Amendments on the Senate Committee on the Judiciary, 1974-1975
The Report of the United States Commission on Civil Rights on the Human Life Amendments (1975)
Religious Groups Enter the Political Fray
Fundamentalist Chruches Become Involved in Politics
Abortion Becomes an Issue in Presidential Politics, 1976-1977
The Reagan and Bush Administration and Beyond (1980-)
Republican and Democratic Platform Statements on Abortion and the Selection of Judges (1980-1992)
Congress Deliberates
The Human Life Bill (1981)
The Freedom of Choice Bill (1992)
Packing the Supreme Court
Abortion Decisions by the Reagan-Bush Supreme Court, 1983-1992
Abortion Clinic Violence
Health Effects of Abortion on Women: the Koop Report, 1989
The Import Ban on a New Abortifacient Drug, RU-486
Epilogue: 1993 and After
Appendix A: Major Supreme Court Decisions Related to Abortion, 1973-1992
Appendix B: Chronology of Events in the Abortion Controversy
Index

About the Author

EVA R. RUBIN is Professor of Political Science and Public Administration at North Carolina State University. She is the author of Abortion, Politics and the Courts (Greenwood Press, 1987, rev. edition) and The Supreme Court and the American Family (Greenwood Press, 1986).

Reviews

?""[A] valuable contribution to a more nuanced and thorough understanding of the long and troubled debate over the proper role of government in regulating sexual behavior in the U.S.""?-Reference Books Bulletin

?""The volume presents excellent overviews and summaries of court cases, major issues and movements for and against abortion, documents related to a Human Life Amendment and other proposed legislation, and summary of national party platforms on the issues, documents, and recent issues and problems, such as abortion clinic violence and public opinion polls showing support for legal abortion. A valuable resource on the subject. Recommended.""?- Reference Book Review

?""This collection of documents has the potential to be very useful in helping students to make sense of an extremely complex contemporary issue. It is so comprehensive, convenient, thought-provoking, and representative of the many sides involved in this controversey, that I highly recommend that this book be ordered by any high school or university library as a ready reference. You might even want one on your shelf.""?-Transformation

?""This is an excellent purchase. It is structured with high school and college students' research needs in mind....Highly recommended.""?-The Book Report

"""ÝA¨ valuable contribution to a more nuanced and thorough understanding of the long and troubled debate over the proper role of government in regulating sexual behavior in the U.S."""-Reference Books Bulletin

"""[A] valuable contribution to a more nuanced and thorough understanding of the long and troubled debate over the proper role of government in regulating sexual behavior in the U.S."""-Reference Books Bulletin

"""This collection of documents has the potential to be very useful in helping students to make sense of an extremely complex contemporary issue. It is so comprehensive, convenient, thought-provoking, and representative of the many sides involved in this controversey, that I highly recommend that this book be ordered by any high school or university library as a ready reference. You might even want one on your shelf."""-Transformation

"""This is an excellent purchase. It is structured with high school and college students' research needs in mind....Highly recommended."""-The Book Report

"""The volume presents excellent overviews and summaries of court cases, major issues and movements for and against abortion, documents related to a Human Life Amendment and other proposed legislation, and summary of national party platforms on the issues, documents, and recent issues and problems, such as abortion clinic violence and public opinion polls showing support for legal abortion. A valuable resource on the subject. Recommended."""- Reference Book Review