02845nam 2200577Ia 450 991081872220332120200520144314.01-4294-0580-51-280-52286-00-19-972687-6(CKB)2550000001204446(SSID)ssj0000096168(PQKBManifestationID)11124427(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000096168(PQKBWorkID)10077173(PQKB)11227763(MiAaPQ)EBC270913(Au-PeEL)EBL270913(CaPaEBR)ebr10142080(CaONFJC)MIL52286(OCoLC)870242135(EXLCZ)99255000000120444619830309h19791978 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrAbortion in America the origins and evolution of national policy, 1800-1900 /James C. Mohr1st ed.Oxford [Oxfordshire] ;New York Oxford University Press1979, c1978xii, 331 p. ill"A Galaxy book.""GB584."0-19-502616-0 Includes bibliographical references and index.Intro -- Contents -- one: Abortion in America, 1800-1825 -- two: The First Wave of Abortion Legislation, 1821-1841 -- three: The Great Upsurge of Abortion, 1840-1880 -- four: The Social Character of Abortion in America, 1840-1880 -- five: The Transitional Legislation of 1840-1860 -- six: The Physicians' Crusade Against Abortion, 1857-1880 -- seven: Public Opinion and the Abortion Issue, 1860-1880 -- eight: Anti-Abortion Legislation, 1860-1880 -- nine: Anti-Abortion as American Policy, 1880-1900 -- afterword: The Roe Decision -- Notes -- Appendices -- I. Case Studies from Medical Publications Involving Abortions in the United States, 1839-79 -- II. Case Studies from Medical Publications Involving Abortions in the United States, 1880-1900 -- III. Anti-Abortion Activity on the Part of State and Local Medical Societies -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W.Chronicles the incidence of abortion in nineteenthand twentieth-century America and the causes and processes of the profound social change which resulted, by 1900, in the nearly universal legal proscription of abortion.AbortionLaw and legislationUnited StatesHistoryMedical jurisprudenceUnited StatesAbortionLaw and legislationHistory.Medical jurisprudence344Mohr James C241310MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910818722203321Abortion in America3976687UNINA