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Author Reagan, Leslie J.

Title When abortion was a crime : women, medicine, and law in the United States, 1867-1973 / Leslie J. Reagan
Published Berkeley : University of California Press, ©1997

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 387 pages) : illustrations
Contents An open secret -- Private practices -- Antiabortion campaigns, private and public -- Interrogations and investigations -- Expansion and specialization -- Raids and rules -- Repercussions -- Radicalization and reform
Summary As we approach the 30th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, it's crucial to look back to the time when abortion was illegal. Leslie Reagan traces the practice and policing of abortion, which although illegal was nonetheless widely available, but always with threats for both doctor and patient. In a time when many young women don't even know that there was a period when abortion was a crime, this work offers chilling and vital lessons of importance to everyone. The linking of the words "abortion" and "crime" emphasizes the difficult and painful history that is the focus of Leslie J. Reagan's important b
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 343-366) and index
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SUBJECT Umschulungswerkstätten für Siedler und Auswanderer Bitterfeld gnd
Subject Abortion -- United States -- History
Abortion services -- United States -- History
Abortion -- Law and legislation -- United States -- History
Abortion, Criminal -- history
Abortion, Induced -- legislation & jurisprudence
Women's Health Services -- history
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Abortion & Birth Control.
MEDICAL -- Health Policy.
Abortion
Abortion -- Law and legislation
Abortion services
Schwangerschaftsabbruch
Strafrecht
Abortus provocatus.
Sociale aspecten.
Juridische aspecten.
Medische aspecten.
SUBJECT United States
Subject United States
USA
Genre/Form statutes.
law codes.
Statutes and codes
Session laws
History
Statutes and codes.
Session laws.
Lois et codes.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780520922068
0520922069
0585091099
9780585091099
9786613382160
6613382167
1283382164
9781283382168