Abortion laws in african commonwealth countries

Journal of African Law

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 1981, Pages 60-79

  Dickens, Bernard M ^b  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY LAW CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABORTION LAW;

ABORTION CENTERS; ABORTION LAW--CHANGES; ABORTION, ILLEGAL; ABORTION, INDUCED--LEGAL ASPECTS; AFRICA; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ARTICLE; BOTSWANA; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EASTERN AFRICA; ENGLISH SPEAKING AFRICA; ETHICS; FAMILY PLANNING; FERTILITY CONTROL, POSTCONCEPTION; GAMBIA; GHANA; HISTORICAL SURVEY; ILLEGAL ABORTION; INDUCED ABORTION; JURISPRUDENCE; JURISPRUDENCE--CHANGES; KENYA; LAW; LEGISLATION--CHANGES; LESOTHO; LOW INCOME POPULATION; MALAWI; NIGERIA; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PHYSICIAN; POVERTY; RESEARCH REPORT; SEYCHELLES; SIERRA LEONE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOCIOLOGY; SWAZILAND; THERAPEUTIC ABORTION; UGANDA; WESTERN AFRICA; ZAMBIA; ZIMBABWE;

ABORTION CENTERS; ABORTION LAW; ABORTION LAW--CHANGES; ABORTION, ILLEGAL; ABORTION, INDUCED--LEGAL ASPECTS; ABORTION, LEGAL; ABORTION, THERAPEUTIC; AFRICA; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; BOTSWANA; CULTURE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EASTERN AFRICA; ENGLISH SPEAKING AFRICA; ETHICS; FAMILY PLANNING; FERTILITY CONTROL, POSTCONCEPTION; GAMBIA; GHANA; HISTORICAL SURVEY; JURISPRUDENCE--CHANGES; KENYA; LEGISLATION; LEGISLATION--CHANGES; LESOTHO; LOW INCOME POPULATION; MALAWI; NIGERIA; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PHYSICIANS; POVERTY; RESEARCH REPORT; SEYCHELLES; SIERRA LEONE; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SWAZILAND; UGANDA; WESTERN AFRICA; ZAMBIA; ZIMBABWE;

ABORTION, CRIMINAL; ABORTION, INDUCED; ABORTION, LEGAL; ABORTION, THERAPEUTIC; AFRICA; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AFRICA, EASTERN; AFRICA, WESTERN; ALLIED HEALTH PERSONNEL; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; BOTSWANA; CULTURE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ETHICS; FAMILY PLANNING; GAMBIA; GHANA; JURISPRUDENCE; KENYA; LEGISLATION; LESOTHO; MALAWI; NIGERIA; PHYSICIANS; POVERTY; SEYCHELLES; SIERRA LEONE; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SWAZILAND; UGANDA; ZAMBIA; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 0019620918     PISSN: 00218553     EISSN: 14643731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021855300012559     Document Type: Article

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