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050			_aHQ 767 .B27 2003
100			_aBasu, A.M.
245		4	_aThe sociocultural and political aspects of abortion
260			_aWestport _bPraeger Publishers _c2003
300			_ax, 275p.
500			_aA 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.
650			_aCulture|Pregnancy|Abortion, Spontaneous
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