"Although they share similar socio-economic and cultural characteristics as well as their recent political histories, Argentina, Chile and Uruguay differ radically in their abortion policies. In this book, Cora Fernández Anderson examines the role social movements play in aborti…
The objective of this guideline is to present the complete set of all WHO recommendations and best practice statements relating to abortion. While legal, regulatory, policy and service-delivery contexts may vary from country to country, the recommendations and best practices des…
Chronicles the history of abortion in the United States from the early 1800s to 2007 through primary documents and analyses by the author.
This book examines the ethical dilemmas and arguments about abortion, very similar to our own, which exercised Greek and Roman doctors, philosophers, historians, theologians, dramatists, novelists and poets. In this important new study, Professor Kapparis extrapolates the views …
Abortion in the Ancient World presents the ancient debate on abortion and its ethics against its historical, legal, economic, social and cultural background, and links it to the modern debate.
"In this important new study, Professor Kapparis extrapolates the views of ancient physicians on abortion from a detailed investigation of the medical facts, medical and philosophical theories concerning the human status of the unborn in antiquity, the Hippocratic Oath, and othe…
"In this important new study, Professor Kapparis extrapolates the views of ancient physicians on abortion from a detailed investigation of the medical facts, medical and philosophical theories concerning the human status of the unborn in antiquity, the Hippocratic Oath, and othe…
Auteur beschrijft hoe vrouwen sinds de Egyptische oudheid tot de vijftiende eeuw vertrouwden op een uitgebreide pharmacopeia aan abortusopwekkende kruiden en anticonceptiva om vruchtbaarheid te reguleren. Hij vraagt zich af hoe deze kennis, die in vroegere tijden zo ruim voorhan…
