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Women have been able to have abortions legally for over 30 years. Yet few books have considered it as anything other than a health issue. Mary Boyle breaks this mould by considering the constructions of abortion in Western society. Drawing on ideas from sociology, politics, anthropology and law as well as psychology, she shows how abortion is linked to sexual behaviour and motherhood in the complex web of gender and power relations. This book will be of interest to all those engaged with feminist thinking, whether as student, academic, or professional in practice.

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. . . a brilliant book. . . .thorough, passionate, and articulate . . . an excellent exemplar of the value of a social constructionist framework for the analysis of important social issues . . . The author's ability to examine abortion from an historical, political, and psychological perspective should prove an eye-opener . . . This is a rare achievement. <br>-Rhoda Unger, Ph.D. <br>

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Mary Boyle is Head of the Doctoral Degree in Clinical Psychology at the University of East London. She has worked as a clinical psychologist and published widely on social influences on psychological and psychiatric theory.

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