Women, Society, the State, and Abortion: A Structuralist Analysis

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Women, Society, the State, and Abortion takes an unbiased look at the abortion issue, examining it from a cross-disciplinary perspective comprising history, politics, law, biology, philosophy, theology, and medicine. Through application of a structuralist method of analysis, the author looks beneath the surface to determine what the real abortion controversy is all about. This insightful volume will be of interest to public officials and administrators at the federal, state, and local levels, as well as to health, education, and social service personnel who work in and around the abortion issue.

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. . . . This book has several strengths. It is concise and well-organized, contains a large amount of factual material, and presents an interesting analysis of the basis for the present abortion debate. The author writes in a style that is easy for the reader to follow. The author also presents both the pro-life and pro-choice sides of the abortion debate with a considerable degree of fairness, especially given the emotional heights of the polemical abortion debate. . . . The breadth of this book is impressive. The author presents an interesting analysis of the subsurface issues underlying the present debate.-Journal of Comparative Family Studies
. . . this book concisely covers a wide range of issues and data concerning the present abortion debate. The breadth of this book is impressive. The author presents an interesting analysis of the subsurface issues underlying the present debate.-Journal of Comparative Family Studies
." . . this book concisely covers a wide range of issues and data concerning the present abortion debate. The breadth of this book is impressive. The author presents an interesting analysis of the subsurface issues underlying the present debate."-Journal of Comparative Family Studies
." . . . This book has several strengths. It is concise and well-organized, contains a large amount of factual material, and presents an interesting analysis of the basis for the present abortion debate. The author writes in a style that is easy for the reader to follow. The author also presents both the pro-life and pro-choice sides of the abortion debate with a considerable degree of fairness, especially given the emotional heights of the polemical abortion debate. . . . The breadth of this book is impressive. The author presents an interesting analysis of the subsurface issues underlying the present debate."-Journal of Comparative Family Studies

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PATRICK J. SHEERAN, a former Catholic priest as well as a former executive director of a Planned Parenthood affiliate, is licensed as a Marriage, Family and Child Counselor by the State of California.