When Abortion Was a Crime: Women, Medicine, and Law in the United States, 1867-1973, with a New Preface
Author:   Leslie J. Reagan
Publisher:   University of California Press
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9780520387416


Pages:   432
Publication Date:   22 February 2022
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Leslie J. Reagan
Publisher:   University of California Press
Imprint:   University of California Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.590kg
ISBN:  

9780520387416


ISBN 10:   0520387414
Pages:   432
Publication Date:   22 February 2022
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
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Table of Contents

List of Illustrations Acknowledgments  Preface to 2022 Edition  Notes to Preface to 2022 Edition Selected Bibliography  Introduction  1 An Open Secret 2 Private Practices 3 Antiabortion Campaigns, Private and Public 4 Interrogations and Investigations 5 Expansion and Specialization 6 Raids and Rules 7 Repercussions  8 Radicalization of Reform  Epilogue: Post-Roe, Post-Casey  Note on Sources List of Abbreviations Notes Bibliography Index

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An unsettling illumination of what happens when abortion rights are nonexistent, this book is a reflection on where we came from, a warning of what might lie ahead, and a chilling reminder that history repeats itself. * Electric Literature *


"""An unsettling illumination of what happens when abortion rights are nonexistent, this book is a reflection on where we came from, a warning of what might lie ahead, and a chilling reminder that history repeats itself."" * Electric Literature *"


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Leslie J. Reagan is Professor of History, Law, Gender and Women’s Studies, and Media Studies at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Author of the award-winning Dangerous Pregnancies: Mothers, Disabilities, and Abortion in Modern America and public intellectual, Reagan has written for the Washington Post, Time, Ms. Magazine, and Huffington Post and has appeared on numerous national and international media outlets, including CNN, MSNBC, CBC Radio, and NPR. She is currently completing Toxic Legacies: Agent Orange in the United States and Vietnam.

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