Dorothy E. McBride, PhD, is professor emeritus of political science at Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL.

A good collection of biographical sketches, bibliography, and chronology and statistics makes this title in the Contemporary World Issues series an excellently balanced choice for most reference collections.

• PrefaceChapter 1: Background and HistoryIntroductionCriminalization: The Nineteenth-Century DebateReform and Repeal: The Road to DecriminalizationRoe v. Wade and Doe v. BoltonAfter Roe: Pro-Life and Pro-Choice Movements Face OffPro-Life MovementOriginsPro-Life Collected Action FramesPro-Life Framing TacticsPro-Choice MovementOriginsPro-Choice Collected Action FramesPro-Choice Framing TacticsFrames and Framing: Tools for Understanding Abortion DebatesReferencesChapter 2: Problems, Controversies, and SolutionsIntroductionConstitutional Legality of AbortionAmending the ConstitutionChanging the CourtThe Contemporary Debate over Roe v. WadeState Regulation of Abortion Practice and AccessAdministrative HurdlesParental Notification and ConsentInformed ConsentSpousal Notification and ConsentClinic AccessGovernment Support of AbortionHyde AmendmentDomestic and Global Funding Restrictions or "Gag" RulesAbortion ProceduresRU 486—MifepristoneBan on Partial Birth AbortionFetus as a PersonPrenatal Drug LawsFetal Homicide LawsEmbyronic Stem Cell ResearchOther Debates Relating to Fetal PersonhoodBirth Control and Sex EducationEmergency ContraceptionSex EducationThe Abortion Conflict in Political Parties and ElectionsSolutions to the Abortion ConflictChanging Pro-Life and Pro-Choice FramesCommon GroundNew Collective Frames for Legal AbortionReferencesChapter 3: Worldwide PerspectiveIntroductionWestern Post-Industrial DemocraciesGreat Britain, Canada, Australia, New ZealandFranceNordic CountriesIreland and GermanyMediterranean Countries: Italy, Spain, Portugal, GreeceCentral and Eastern EuropeLatin AmericaEast and South AsiaAfrica and the Middle EastThe United NationsReferencesChapter 4: ChronologyChapter 5: Biographical SketchesBaird, BillBork, Robert H.Britton, John BayardBrown, JudieCalderone, Mary SteichenFeldt, GloriaFinkbine, Sherri ChessenFranz, WandaGandy, KimGuttmacher, AlanHaskell, MartinHickman, HarrisonHill, Paul T.Hyde, HenryKissling, FrancesLader, LawrenceMcCormack, EllenMcCorvey, NormaMarx, PaulMichelman, KateNathanson, BernardSanger, MargaretScheidler, Joseph M.Schroeder, PatriciaSmeal, EleanorSmith, ChristopherStone, Ann E.W.Storer, Horatio RobinsonTerry, RandallViguerie, RichardWeddington, SarahChapter 6: Data and DocumentsIntroductionHistorical DocumentsBlackstone's CommentariesLord Ellensborough Act of 1803AMA Resolution 1859Comstock Act 1873ALI Model Penal Code: AbortionHumanae VitaeThe Essential Supreme Court Cases: ExcerptsGriswold v. Connecticut 381 U.S. 479 (1965)Einsenstadt v. Baird 405 U.S. 438 (1972)Roe v. Wade 410 U.S. 113 (1973)Doe v. Bolton 410 U.S. 179 (1973)Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pa. v. Casey 505 U.S. 833 (1992)Excerpts from Important Proposed and Enacted StatutesHuman Life Amendment: 3 VersionsFreedom of Choice Act of 1993Freedom of Access to Clinics Entrances Act (FACE) of 1994Partial Birth Abortion Ban Act 2003E. The Unborn Victims of Violence Act of 2004Unborn Child Pain Awareness Act of 2005Prevention First ActCurrent State Laws Regulation AbortionRegulations of Abortion PracticeLimits on Public FundingParental InvolvementMandatory Counseling and Waiting PeriodsMedical Accuracy of Mandated Counseling MethodsState Policies if Roe FellAbortion Practice: Incidence and ServicesIncidence of Abortion in the United States—CDC DataIncidence of Abortion in the United States—AGI DataComparative Incidence of Abortion—UNECE DataCharacteristics of Women Having AbortionsAbortion-Related DeathsUnintended Pregnancies and Their Consequences—2001Abortion Services in the U.S.Abortion Clinic ViolencePublic Opinion Polls on Abortion IssuesChapter 7: Directory of OrganizationsIntroductionGovernment AgenciesUnited States OrganizationsInternational OrganizationsChapter 8: ResourcesIntroductionPrint SourcesGeneral U.S.: BooksGeneral U.S.: PlaysGeneral World and Comparative Studies: BooksGeneral World and Comparative Studies: ArticlesPro-Choice BooksPro-Choice ArticlesPro-Life BooksNonprint ResourcesVideo/DVDInternet SourcesGlossaryIndexAbout the Author