Abortion, Doctors and the Law : Some Aspects of the Legal Regulation of Abortion in England from 1803 to 1982 (Paperback)

Table of cases; Table of statutes; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. The first statutory prohibition of abortion: Lord Ellenborough's Act 1803; 2. Anti-abortion legislation 1803?1861 and medical influence thereon; 3. Abortion in legal theory and medical practice before 1938; 4. The medical profession and the enactment of the Abortion Act 1967; 5. The Abortion Act 1967 and the performance of abortion by the medical profession 1968?1982; 6. The reaction of the medical profession to proposed restriction of the law 1969?1979; 7. A theoretical overview; Appendices; Notes; Subject index; Name index.