A private matter : RU 486 and the abortion crisis / Lawrence Lader

Author(s): Lader, Lawrence
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Subjects: Abortion--Social aspects--United States
Mifepristone--Social aspects--United States
Formats: Print
Material Type: Books
Language: English
Audience: Unspecified
Published: Amherst, N.Y. : Prometheus Books, 1995
LC Classification: H, HQ
Table of Contents: Foreword / Eleanor Smeal 7
1. Causes and Effects in Abortion Rights 9
2. The Sanger Factor 21
3. Launching an Idea: Abortion Rights 31
4. Desperate Women 47
5. The Big Leap in Abortion Rights 59
6. Impossible Victories: Abortion Rights (1969-1973) 79
7. Perilous Years (1975-1990) 97
8. RU 486: The Next Essential Step 115
9. Challenging the RU 486 Ban 129
10. Making an American Abortion Pill 141
11. A Dangerous Game: Delaying the Pill 153
12. Abortion and the Population Problem 163
13. Abortion Rights and the Stand Against Compromise 179
14. Violence and Blood (1993 and 1994) 187
15. Methotrexate: Another Abortion Drug, Another Choice for Women 207
16. More Clinic Deaths 215
17. The Crisis: 1995 225
Appendix 243
Acknowledgments 249
Index 251
Notes: LCCN: 95020257
ISBN: 1573920126 (hardback : alk. paper)
Includes bibliographical references and index
Physical Description: 254 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
OCLC Number: 32549458
ISBN/ISSN: 1573920126

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