04381nam 2200733 a 450 991078162450332120200520144314.01-283-29761-297866132976170-226-31344-110.7208/9780226313443(CKB)2550000000049727(EBL)783330(OCoLC)756484401(SSID)ssj0000535952(PQKBManifestationID)12231831(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000535952(PQKBWorkID)10546486(PQKB)10164661(StDuBDS)EDZ0000155562(MiAaPQ)EBC783330(DE-B1597)524148(DE-B1597)9780226313443(Au-PeEL)EBL783330(CaPaEBR)ebr10503288(CaONFJC)MIL329761(EXLCZ)99255000000004972720110126d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrDoctors and demonstrators[electronic resource] how political institutions shape abortion law in the United States, Britain, and Canada /Drew HalfmannChicago University of Chicago Press20111 online resource (368 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-226-31343-3 0-226-31342-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.Abortion reforms of the long 1960s -- The reforms and their roots -- Medical interests and priorities -- After reform -- Abortion services -- The politicization of abortion -- Policy change after reform -- Political institutions and abortion policy -- Appendix 1. Statements on abortion in American party platforms, 1972-2008 -- Appendix 2. U.S. Supreme Court cases on abortion -- Appendix 3. Abortion attitudes in the United States and Britain -- Appendix 4. Abortion funding and provision in the United States, Britain, and Canada, 1970s-2000s -- Appendix 5. Abortion attitudes in the United States, Britain, and Canada, 1975-2004.Since Roe v. Wade, abortion has continued to be a divisive political issue in the United States. In contrast, it has remained primarily a medical issue in Britain and Canada despite the countries' shared heritage. Doctors and Demonstrators looks beyond simplistic cultural or religious explanations to find out why abortion politics and policies differ so dramatically in these otherwise similar countries. Drew Halfmann argues that political institutions are the key. In the United States, federalism, judicial review, and a private health care system contributed to the public definition of abortion as an individual right rather than a medical necessity. Meanwhile, Halfmann explains, the porous structure of American political parties gave pro-choice and pro-life groups the opportunity to move the issue onto the political agenda. A groundbreaking study of the complex legal and political factors behind the evolution of abortion policy, Doctors and Demonstrators will be vital for anyone trying to understand this contentious issue.AbortionLaw and legislationUnited StatesAbortionLaw and legislationGreat BritainAbortionLaw and legislationCanadaAbortionPolitical aspectsUnited StatesAbortionPolitical aspectsGreat BritainAbortionPolitical aspectsCanadaabortion, reproductive rights, women, gender, medicine, healthcare, politics, england, great britain, canada, united states, sociology, political science, federalism, supreme court, private health care, insurance, judicial review, roe v wade, law, legislation, reform, funding, public opinion, party platforms, social change, nonfiction, pro choice, prolife.AbortionLaw and legislationAbortionLaw and legislationAbortionLaw and legislationAbortionPolitical aspectsAbortionPolitical aspectsAbortionPolitical aspects342.08/4Halfmann Drew1577772MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910781624503321Doctors and demonstrators3856638UNINA01159nam2 2200277 i 450 VAN006976420140625100049.635IT88494920090504d1986 |0itac50 baitaIT|||| |||||ˆ1: ‰1946-1957Ugo La MalfaRomaCamera dei deputati1986LXV, 684 p.24 cm.001VAN00697622001 Discorsi parlamentariUgo La Malfa[a cura di Massimo Scioscioli]210 RomaCamera dei deputati1986215 2 v.25 cm.1Diritto pubblico e costituzionale italiano e comparatoVANC029468SGRomaVANL000360La MalfaUgoVANV05498433106Camera dei deputati <editore>VANV108455650ITSOL20240412RICABIBLIOTECA DEL DIPARTIMENTO DI SCIENZE POLITICHE JEAN MONNETIT-CE0182VAN04VAN0069764BIBLIOTECA DEL DIPARTIMENTO DI SCIENZE POLITICHE JEAN MONNET04CONS 6D.1.1 04OM 740 20090504 1946-19571436205UNICAMPANIA