Abortion Law and Policy in the USA

Management of Unintended and Abnormal Pregnancy: Comprehensive Abortion Care

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 36-47

  Jones, Bonnie Scott ^a   Dalven, Jennifer ^b  

^a Center for Reproductive Rights   (United States)

^b Reproductive Freedom Project   (United States)

Author keywords

Abortion law and policy in the USA; Abortion regulation specific areas; Gonzales v. Carhart decision inviting politicians to pass additional restrictions on abortion; Laws affecting minors' and their access to abortion; Medicaid coverage for abortion by state, USA, 2008; Modern induced abortion safest medical procedures but regulated as no other area of medicine in USA; Planned Parenthood v. Casey Supreme Court considering constitutionality of Pennsylvania abortion restrictions; Regulation of facilities in which abortions are provided (TRAP laws); Special training and qualification requirements for physicians providing abortions; US constitutional protection timeline and Supreme Court abortion jurisprudence

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EID: 84881483933     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444313031.ch4     Document Type: Chapter

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