Partial-birth abortion, congress, and the constitution

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 339, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 279-283

  Annas, George J ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; ARTICLE; GOVERNMENT; LAW; MEDICAL ETHICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ABORTION LAW; ABORTION, INDUCED--LEGAL ASPECTS; AMERICAN COLLEGE OF OBSTETRICIANS AND GYNECOLOGISTS; AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION; AMERICAS; CLINICAL APPROACH/SOURCE; CONSTITUTION; CONSTITUTIONAL LAW; COURT DECISION; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DOE V. BOLTON; FAMILY PLANNING; FEDERAL GOVERNMENT; FERTILITY CONTROL, POSTCONCEPTION; GENETICS AND REPRODUCTION; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH; HEALTH SERVICES; LEGAL APPROACH; LEGAL RIGHTS; LEGISLATION; MATERNAL HEALTH; MEDICINE; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHERN AMERICA; PARTIAL-BIRTH ABORTION BAN ACT (1997 BILL); PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA V. CASEY; POLITICAL FACTORS; PREGNANT WOMEN; PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS; ROE V. WADE; STATE INTEREST; SUPREME COURT DECISIONS; U.S. CONGRESS; UNITED STATES; VIABILITY;

ABORTION, LEGAL; CONSTITUTION AND BYLAWS; FEDERAL GOVERNMENT; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HUMANS; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; POLITICS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; PREGNANT WOMEN; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; SUPREME COURT DECISIONS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032560739     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199807233390420     Document Type: Article

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