Abortion and Woman's Choice: The State, Sexuality, and Reproductive FreedomA holistic understanding of abortion from a feminist perspective, including the history of its practice and state policies to contain it; the social, economic, and cultural conditions under which women utilize it; and the legal, moral, and political battles that surround it. |
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PARTI Fertility Control in Theory and History | 23 |
NineteenthCentury Criminalization | 67 |
TwentiethCentury Legalization | 101 |
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