Abortion Act 1967: A Biography of a UK Law
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Cambridge University Press
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Cambridge
Date:
2022
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1 online resource (362 pages)
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Englisch
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Abstract:
Biography of the Abortion Act, exploring how it was shaped by and shaped a changing UK.
Cover -- Half-title -- Series information -- Title page -- Copyright information -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Table of Cases -- Table of Legislation -- UK Legislation -- Irish Legislation -- Statutory Instruments -- 1 Introduction -- The Run Up to Reform -- The Medical Termination of Pregnancy Bill 1966 -- The Abortion Act 1967 -- A 'Biography' of the Abortion Act -- A Note on Sources, Methods and Objectivity -- 2 The Early Years -- The 'Social Clause' and the Doctors' Gatekeeper Role -- Medical Decision-Making -- Women's Experience of Accessing Abortion Services -- The Role of the Charitable Sector -- The 'Living Abortus' -- Babies for Burning -- The Lane Committee -- 3 The Parliamentary Battle for Restrictive Reform -- The White Bill 1975 -- The Benyon Bill 1977 -- The Corrie Bill 1979 -- The Alton Bill 1988 -- The 1990 Reforms -- Conclusion -- 4 The Battle for Normalisation -- A Demographic Revolution -- Expanding Access to Abortion Services: Abortion Charities and Clinic Protests -- The Expansion of the Abortion Charities -- The 'Abortion Industry' and Clinic Protests -- Improving the Technical Ease, Safety and Acceptability of Abortion -- Vacuum Aspiration and Outpatient Abortion Services -- 'The Pill That Changes Everything' -- Women's Experience of Abortion -- The Acceptability of Abortion -- Mainstreaming Prenatal Screening and Testing and Abortion for Fetal Anomaly -- New Technologies and Changing Attitudes towards Disability -- Ultrasound and Visualisation -- Conclusion -- 5 The Battle for Legal Meaning -- How Late, How Early, How Legal? -- How Late? -- How Early? -- The Doctors' Gatekeeper Role -- The 'Social' Ground -- The 'Serious Handicap' Ground -- Treatment for the Termination of Pregnancy -- 'Terminated by a Registered Medical Practitioner' -- Place of Provision -- Conscientious Objection -- Conclusion.
Cover -- Half-title -- Series information -- Title page -- Copyright information -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Table of Cases -- Table of Legislation -- UK Legislation -- Irish Legislation -- Statutory Instruments -- 1 Introduction -- The Run Up to Reform -- The Medical Termination of Pregnancy Bill 1966 -- The Abortion Act 1967 -- A 'Biography' of the Abortion Act -- A Note on Sources, Methods and Objectivity -- 2 The Early Years -- The 'Social Clause' and the Doctors' Gatekeeper Role -- Medical Decision-Making -- Women's Experience of Accessing Abortion Services -- The Role of the Charitable Sector -- The 'Living Abortus' -- Babies for Burning -- The Lane Committee -- 3 The Parliamentary Battle for Restrictive Reform -- The White Bill 1975 -- The Benyon Bill 1977 -- The Corrie Bill 1979 -- The Alton Bill 1988 -- The 1990 Reforms -- Conclusion -- 4 The Battle for Normalisation -- A Demographic Revolution -- Expanding Access to Abortion Services: Abortion Charities and Clinic Protests -- The Expansion of the Abortion Charities -- The 'Abortion Industry' and Clinic Protests -- Improving the Technical Ease, Safety and Acceptability of Abortion -- Vacuum Aspiration and Outpatient Abortion Services -- 'The Pill That Changes Everything' -- Women's Experience of Abortion -- The Acceptability of Abortion -- Mainstreaming Prenatal Screening and Testing and Abortion for Fetal Anomaly -- New Technologies and Changing Attitudes towards Disability -- Ultrasound and Visualisation -- Conclusion -- 5 The Battle for Legal Meaning -- How Late, How Early, How Legal? -- How Late? -- How Early? -- The Doctors' Gatekeeper Role -- The 'Social' Ground -- The 'Serious Handicap' Ground -- Treatment for the Termination of Pregnancy -- 'Terminated by a Registered Medical Practitioner' -- Place of Provision -- Conscientious Objection -- Conclusion.
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Universität Erfurt
Forschungsbibliothek Gotha
Schloss Friedenstein
Schlossplatz 1
99867 Gotha
+49 361 737-5540
bibliothek.gotha(at)uni-erfurt.de
Forschungsbibliothek Gotha
Schloss Friedenstein
Schlossplatz 1
99867 Gotha
+49 361 737-5540
bibliothek.gotha(at)uni-erfurt.de
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2023-04-12
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