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State legislatures versus the Supreme Court: abortion legislation into the 1990s / B.J. George, Jr. -- Cycle of constitutional uncertainty 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. |
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(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. |
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(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. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| LCCN | 91043021 |
| ISBN | 0816025355 (alk. paper) |
