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A radically new critique of the regulation of abortion, drawing on feminist, legal and social theory

Trade Review
'A welcome injection of energy into feminist thinking on UK abortion law' -- Women's Health
'An excellent text which is essential reading for anyone interested in abortion' -- International Journal of Law, Policy and the Family

Table of Contents
Table of Cases
Table of Statutes
Acknowledgments
1. Abortion in Britain: Thirty Years On
2. The Abortion Act (1967): A Permissive and Liberatory Reform?
3. 'Tarts and Tired Housewives': the Abortion Act and the Regulation of Femininity
4. Abortion, Reproduction and the Deployment of Medical Power
5. The Judicial Protection of Medical Discretion
6. The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act (1990): Winning the Battles but Losing the War?
7. The Regulation of Antiprogestin Terminations
8. Conclusions
Appendix 1: The Abortion Act (1967), unamended
Appendix 2: The Abortion Act (1967), as amended in 1990
Bibliography
Index

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      Publisher: Pluto Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 20/06/1997
      ISBN13: 9780745311678, 978-0745311678
      ISBN10: 0745311679

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      A radically new critique of the regulation of abortion, drawing on feminist, legal and social theory

      Trade Review
      'A welcome injection of energy into feminist thinking on UK abortion law' -- Women's Health
      'An excellent text which is essential reading for anyone interested in abortion' -- International Journal of Law, Policy and the Family

      Table of Contents
      Table of Cases
      Table of Statutes
      Acknowledgments
      1. Abortion in Britain: Thirty Years On
      2. The Abortion Act (1967): A Permissive and Liberatory Reform?
      3. 'Tarts and Tired Housewives': the Abortion Act and the Regulation of Femininity
      4. Abortion, Reproduction and the Deployment of Medical Power
      5. The Judicial Protection of Medical Discretion
      6. The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act (1990): Winning the Battles but Losing the War?
      7. The Regulation of Antiprogestin Terminations
      8. Conclusions
      Appendix 1: The Abortion Act (1967), unamended
      Appendix 2: The Abortion Act (1967), as amended in 1990
      Bibliography
      Index

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