Description

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Women's needs are placed at the centre of this collection. The contributors discuss the extent to which the contemporary legal framework on abortion matches the needs of women faced with unwanted pregnancy. The book contains sections on Britain, including an account of the campaign to legalize abortion, written by those centrally involved with that campaign; international comparisons of abortion law, with chapters on France, the United States, Ireland and Poland; and chapters covering contemporary debates, including men's rights in abortion and abortion for foetal abnormality.

About the Author

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JO BRIDGEMAN Lecturer in Law at the Centre for Legal Studies, University of Sussex DILYS COSSEY Manager of the Parliamentarians Project of the European Network International Planned Parenthood Federation KATE FISHER Currently completing a doctoral study MARIE FOX Lecturer in Law at Manchester University ANN FUREDI Director of Birth Control Trust JANET HADLEY Journalist and writer specialising in health and social policy issues FRANCES KISSLING President of the Washington based pro-choice advocacy organisation MELANIE LATHAM Research Fellow at the Centre for Social Ethics and Policy, University of Manchester MAXINE LATTIMER Doctoral student in Social Anthropology, University of Sussex DAVID NOLAN Press and Information Officer for Birth Control Trust and news editor of Abortion Review TONY O'BRIEN International consultant on reproductive health advocacy DAVID PAINTIN Emeritus Reader in Obstetrics and gynaecology at Imperial College School of Medicine DENISE SHANNON Senior Associate at Catholics For a Free Choice SALLY SHELDON Lecturer in Health Law at the University of Keele MADELEINE SIMMS Served on the executive committee of the Abortion Law Reform Association AUDEREY SIMPSON Director of the Family Planning Association, Northern Ireland DOMINIC STANDISH Researcher at the University of Kent at Canterbury JULIET TIZZARD Director of Progress Educational Trust