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Author Halfmann, Drew.

Title Doctors and demonstrators : how political institutions shape abortion law in the United States, Britain, and Canada / Drew Halfmann
Published Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2011

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 354 pages) : illustrations
Contents 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
Summary "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"--Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
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Subject Abortion -- Law and legislation -- United States
Abortion -- Law and legislation -- Great Britain
Abortion -- Law and legislation -- Canada
Abortion -- Political aspects -- United States
Abortion -- Political aspects -- Great Britain
Abortion -- Political aspects -- Canada
LAW -- Constitutional.
LAW -- Public.
Abortion -- Law and legislation
Abortion -- Political aspects
Canada
Great Britain
United States
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2011003353
ISBN 9780226313443
0226313441
1283297612
9781283297615
9786613297617
6613297615