Basu, A.M.

The sociocultural and political aspects of abortion - Westport Praeger Publishers 2003 - x, 275p.

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.

0-275-97728-5


Culture|Pregnancy|Abortion, Spontaneous

HQ 767 .B27 2003