Abortion, doctors, and the law : some aspects of the legal regulation of abortion in England from 1803 to 1982 / John Keown
Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1988. 1st edition. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #388544
ISBN: 052134574X
Physical description; 212 pp. Contents; The first statutory prohibition of abortion : Lord Ellenborough's Act 1803 -- Anti-abortion legislation 1803-1861 and medical influence thereon -- Abortion in legal theory and medical practice before 1938 -- The medical profession and the enactment of the Abortion Act 1967 -- The Abortion Act 1967 and the performance of abortion by the medical profession 1968-1982 -- The reaction of the medical profession to proposed restriction of the law 1969-1979 -- A theoretical overview. Subjects; Great Britain. Abortion Act 1967. Human reproduction Law and legislation Great Britain. Jurisprudence.
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