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Title Abortion politics : public policy in cross-cultural perspective / edited by Marianne Githens and Dorothy McBride Stetson
Published New York : Routledge, 1996

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 234 pages)
Contents Rhetoric and symbols in American abortion politics / Laura R. Woliver -- Constitutionalizing abortion / Kim Lane Scheppele -- Reproductive rights and the struggle with change in Eastern Europe / Marianne Githens -- Abortion policy in the United States and Canada : do institutions matter? / Donley T. Studlar and Raymond Tatalovich -- Abortion policy triads and women's rights in Russia, the United States, and France / Dorothy McBride Stetson -- Abortion and reproductive choice : policy and politics in Japan / Joyce Gelb -- The stability of compromise : abortion politics in Western Europe / Joyce Outshoorn -- Ireland and the European Union : the impact of integration and social change on abortion policy / Brian Girvin -- Confronting the consequences of medical technology : policy frontiers in the United States and France / Jennifer Merchant -- Feminist perspectives on abortion and reproductive technologies / Dorothy McBride Stetson
Summary Abortion Politics: Public Policy in Cross Cultural Perspective focuses on current abortion policy and practice in the United States, Canada, Europe and Japan and aims to provide a comprehensive, stimulating and balanced picture of current abortion policy in a cross-cultural perspective. The contributors deal with comparative abortion policy including recent developments in Ireland, Germany and Eastern Europe
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Abortion -- Government policy -- Cross-cultural studies
Medical policy.
Women's rights.
Reproductive rights.
Cross-cultural studies.
Abortion, Legal -- legislation & jurisprudence
Abortion, Induced -- legislation & jurisprudence
Health Policy
Women's Rights
Reproductive Rights
Cross-Cultural Comparison
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Infrastructure.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General.
Women's rights
Reproductive rights
Medical policy
Cross-cultural studies
Abortion -- Government policy
Schwangerschaftsabbruch
Kulturvergleich
Abortus provocatus.
Overheidsbeleid.
Interculturele vergelijking.
Aborto.
Direitos politicos da mulher.
Abortion -- Government policy -- Cross-cultural studies.
Genre/Form Cross-cultural studies
Form Electronic book
Author Githens, Marianne
McBride, Dorothy E
ISBN 9781136660153
1136660151
1299977405
9781299977402