Beyond Control: Medical Power and Abortion Law
Author:   Sally Sheldon
Publisher:   Pluto Press
ISBN:  

9780745311685


Pages:   224
Publication Date:   20 June 1997
Format:   Hardback
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Beyond Control: Medical Power and Abortion Law


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Author:   Sally Sheldon
Publisher:   Pluto Press
Imprint:   Pluto Press
Dimensions:   Width: 13.50cm , Height: 2.80cm , Length: 21.50cm
Weight:   0.400kg
ISBN:  

9780745311685


ISBN 10:   0745311687
Pages:   224
Publication Date:   20 June 1997
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   Out of stock   Availability explained

Table of Contents

Table of Cases Table of Statutes Acknowledgments 1. Abortion in Britain: Thirty Years On 2. The Abortion Act (1967): A Permissive and Liberatory Reform? 3. 'Tarts and Tired Housewives': the Abortion Act and the Regulation of Femininity 4. Abortion, Reproduction and the Deployment of Medical Power 5. The Judicial Protection of Medical Discretion 6. The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act (1990): Winning the Battles but Losing the War? 7. The Regulation of Antiprogestin Terminations 8. Conclusions Appendix 1: The Abortion Act (1967), unamended Appendix 2: The Abortion Act (1967), as amended in 1990 Bibliography Index

Reviews

'A welcome injection of energy into feminist thinking on UK abortion law' -- Women's Health


Author Information

Sally Sheldon lectures in law at Keele University. She has written on abortion law for Social and Legal Studies, Feminist Legal Studies and is a contributor to Law and Body Politics, edited by Bridgeman and Millus (1995).

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