02195oam 2200397z 450 991082657290332120230203201418.00-522-85912-7(CKB)4100000008275140(MiAaPQ)EBC5752364(EXLCZ)99410000000827514020190603d2008 uy 0engtxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe racket how abortion became legal in Australia /Gideon HaighCarlton, Vic.:Melbourne University Press Digital,2008.1 online resource (405 pages)Includes bibliography and index.Cover; Title; Dedication; Contents; Prologue; 'The girl is killed and I will be hanged'; 'I won't be alive in the morning'; 'Not a fit subject for debate'; 'That old bastard, he knew'; 'It's not what you say; it's what we say you say'; 'Boys in a man's world'; 'She was only dangerous at times'; 'Hell, we all do it ... '; 'The b-b-better man won'; 'I don't think it has anything to do with you'; 'Look here Doctor, I might have to arrest you'; 'Didn't you know they were so close to you?'; 'I don't know whether to shoot myself '; 'See you in hell, sweetie'; Epilogue: 'The choice for me'A generation ago in Australia, abortion was a crime. It was also the basis of one of the country's most lucrative and longest-lasting criminal rackets. The Racket describes the rise and fall of an extraordinary web of influence, which culminated in the landmark ruling that made abortion legal, and a public inquiry that humiliated a powerful government and a glamorous police force.AbortionAustraliaHistoryAbortionLaw and legislationAustraliaWomenCrimes againstAustraliaWomenAustraliaSocial conditionsAbortionHistory.AbortionLaw and legislationWomenCrimes againstWomenSocial conditions.363.460994Haigh Gideon1639267BOOK9910826572903321The racket3982130UNINA