Abortion in America: The Origins and Evolution of National Policy

by James C. Mohr

Overview

The history of how abortion came to be banned and how women lost--for the century between approximately 1870 and 1970--rights previously thought to be natural and inherent over their own bodies is a fascinating and infuriating one.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780199878482
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	09/20/1979
Series:	Galaxy Books
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	4 MB

Editorial Reviews

"A fascinating book which sets to rest a number of preconceptions on the subject. Easy to read and yet hard-hitting."—Marlette Rebhorn, Austin Community College

"Should be an eye-opener to those who think that religious objections were at the root of anti-abortion legislation and equally to those who think that abortion has been a matter of life and death."—Carl N. Degler, Stanford University

"A superb example of the way history can inform a current contentious controversy."—Journal of American History

"Mohr makes it abundantly clear that Supreme Court decisions of the 1970s were not a modern weakening of moral standards but a return to what Americans believed and practiced a hundred years ago."—The Christian Century

"An altogether lucid review of American abortion policy in the 19th century."—Christopher Lehmann-Haupt, The New York Times

"The history of how abortion came to be banned and how women lost...rights previously thought to be natural and inherent over their own bodies is a fascinating and infuriating one."—Chicago Tribune

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