Subject: Abortion (Keywords)

People have very strong views about abortion. The arguments for and against abortion from a wide variety of points of view are presented in this book. The legal, moral, and health issues are also explored.

This book analyses the international politics of abortion, the medical and social pressures and the impact of restricting or liberalising abortion policies. It covers issues such as does a foetus have a right to live and does it harm women's health.

This title focuses on how feminists across Latin America, Africa, and Europe are making self-managed abortion available to all - and the strong transnational feminist movement they have built along the way.

Homer Wells' odyssey begins among the apple orchards of rural Maine. As the oldest unadopted child at St Cloud's orphanage, he strikes up a profound and unusual friendship with Wilbur Larch, the orphanage's founder - a man of rare compassion and an addiction to ether. What he learns from Wilbur...

Globally, one in four pregnancies ends in abortion. This highly emotive and contentious topic is rarely out of the news. This book looks at abortion legislation around the world, the changes that have been made and the impact these changes have on women's health. It also explores the opposing vie...

In a series of brief arguments reframing the abortion issue, Gabrielle Blair deftly makes the case for moving the abortion debate away from controlling and legislating women's bodies and instead directs the focus on men's lack of accountability in preventing unwanted pregnancies.

In 1963, 23-year-old literature student Annie Ernaux had an abortion which nearly killed her. 40 years later, she looks back on how the experience affected her. Ernaux is the acclaimed author of A Woman's Story, A Man's Place and Simple Passion.

On the evening of 2nd May this year, a 98-page draft memo was leaked that suggested the US Supreme Court is poised to overturn Roe v. Wade, the 1973 ruling that enshrined constitutional protections for women seeking abortion. If that happens, abortion will instantly become illegal in 22 US states...

The Center for women's reproductive health offers a last chance at hope - but nobody ends up there by choice. Its very existence is controversial, and to the demonstrators who barricade the building every day, the service it offers is no different from legalised murder. Now life and death decisio...