The challenges of abortion and assisted reproductive technologies policies in europe

Comparative European Politics

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 56-74

  Engeli, Isabelle ^a  

^a EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Abortion; Assisted reproductive technologies; Europe; Gender; Public policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 67650257379     PISSN: 14724790     EISSN: 1740388X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/cep.2008.36     Document Type: Article

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