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Record Nr.

UNINA9910811085703321

Autore

Critchlow Donald T

Titolo

Intended consequences : birth control, abortion, and the federal government in modern America / / Donald T. Critchlow

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York ; ; Hong Kong, : Oxford University Press, 1999

ISBN

0-19-771394-7

1-280-65525-9

0-19-802153-4

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (318 p.)

Collana

Oxford scholarship online

Disciplina

363.9/6/0973

Soggetti

Birth control - Government policy - United States

Abortion - Government policy - United States

United States Social policy

United States Politics and government

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Previously issued in print: 1999.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Laying the Foundation for Federal Family Planning Policy: The Eisenhower-Kennedy Years -- 2. Moving Forward Quietly: Family Planning in the Johnson Administration -- 3. Implementing the Policy Revolution Under Johnson and Nixon -- 4. The Backlash: Roman Catholics Contraceptives, Abortion, and Sterilization -- 5. Richard Nixon and the Politicization of Family Planning Policy -- 6. Contesting the Policy Terrain After Roe: From Reagan to Clinton -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.

Sommario/riassunto

This story of the federal government's intervention in the most private aspect of American family life sheds light on the culture wars over unwed motherhood, homosexual parenting, a woman's right to an abortion, drawing a political map of past choices and current consequences.