Abortion law reform advocacy in Thailand

Development (Basingstoke)

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 72-79

  Whittaker, Andrea ^a  

^a Key Centre for Women's Health in Society   (Australia)

Author keywords

Feminism; Reproductive rights; Safe services

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; ADVOCACY; GENDER ISSUE; WOMENS HEALTH;

THAILAND;

EID: 0038204196     PISSN: 10116370     EISSN: 02122448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.development.1110450     Document Type: Article

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