Title Is the fetus a person? : a comparison of policies across the fifty states / Jean Reith Schroedel

Published Ithaca [N.Y.] : Cornell University Press, 2000

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Description xv, 223 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm Contents pt. 1. Background and overview -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Fetal personhood through the centuries -- pt. 2. Interpreting the patterns -- 3. Abortion policy-making in the States -- 4. Prenatal drug exposure and third-party fetal killings -- 5. Explaining fetal policies across the States -- 6. Where do we go from here? Analysis Foetus Abortion United States Legislation Overseas item Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-210) and indexes Subject Fetus -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States. Abortion -- Law and legislation -- United States. Fetus -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States -- States. Abortion -- Law and legislation -- United States -- States. LC no. 00025087 ISBN 0801437075 alkaline paper

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