The human rights act 1998 and reproductive rights

Parliamentary Affairs

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 475-494

  Millns, Susan ^a  

^a NONE

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CIVIL RIGHTS; EUROPEAN CONVENTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND BIOMEDICINE; EUROPEAN UNION; FEMALE; GENETICS AND REPRODUCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; INFERTILITY THERAPY; JURISPRUDENCE; LAW; LEGAL APPROACH; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; PATIENT ABANDONMENT; REPRODUCTION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; THERAPEUTIC ABORTION; UNITED KINGDOM;

EUROPEAN CONVENTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND BIOMEDICINE; GENETICS AND REPRODUCTION; LEGAL APPROACH;

ABORTION, LEGAL; CIVIL RIGHTS; EUROPEAN UNION; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMAN RIGHTS; HUMANS; JUDICIAL ROLE; LEGISLATION; MALE; PREJUDICE; REFUSAL TO TREAT; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED;

EID: 0035402331     PISSN: 00312290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/parlij/54.3.475     Document Type: Article

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