Basu, A.M. <br/><br/>
The sociocultural and political aspects of abortion 

 - Westport  Praeger Publishers  2003 
 - x, 275p. 
<br/><br/> A multidisciplinary collection of essays seeking to define the ways various cultures view pregnancy, miscarriage, and abortion. Illustrates how these views influence policy decisions and practices regarding abortion around the world. Putting questions of pro-life and pro-choice aside, the contributors provide demographic coverage of the issues involved and contextualize some of the personal realities that underlie the approximately 50 million abortions that are estimated to take place yearly worldwide. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0-275-97728-5 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Culture|Pregnancy|Abortion, Spontaneous
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HQ 767 .B27 2003