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When abortion was a crime : women, medicine, and law in the United States, 1867-1973 / Leslie J. Reagan.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Berkeley : University of California Press, �1997Description: 1 online resource (xiii, 387 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780520922068
  • 0520922069
  • 0585091099
  • 9780585091099
  • 9786613382160
  • 6613382167
  • 1283382164
  • 9781283382168
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: When abortion was a crime.DDC classification:
  • 363.4/6/0973 20
LOC classification:
  • HQ767.5.U5 R378 1997eb
NLM classification:
  • 1997 D-085
  • W 867
Other classification:
  • 44.92
  • PJ 3900
  • 44.92.
  • PJ 3900.
Online resources:
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.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 343-366) and index.

An open secret -- Private practices -- Antiabortion campaigns, private and public -- Interrogations and investigations -- Expansion and specialization -- Raids and rules -- Repercussions -- Radicalization and reform.

Print version record.

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.

English.

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