Unsafe Abortion and Women''s Health - Change and Liberalization

Each year an estimated 44 million abortions occur causing around 47,000 deaths, virtually all in the developing countries. Bringing together a wealth of information from around the world, this book argues that the time has come for a second great change in legislation, advocating a shift towards the legalisation of abortion to improve the health of

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Unsafe Abortion and Women's Health

About the author

Colin Francome is Emeritus Professor of Sociology at Middlesex University, UK. He is the author of Abortion Freedom: A Worldwide Movement, Abortion in the USA and the UK, Sane New World and Karl Marx: Hero or Zero, and co-author of Caesarean Birth in Britain, Improving the Health of the Nation and Abortion: A Worldwide Perspective.

Summary

Each year an estimated 44 million abortions occur causing around 47,000 deaths, virtually all in the developing countries. Bringing together a wealth of information from around the world, this book argues that the time has come for a second great change in legislation, advocating a shift towards the legalisation of abortion to improve the health of

Product details

• Authors: Colin Francome, Francome Colin
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.06.2020
• EAN: 9780367599188
• ISBN: 978-0-367-59918-8
• No. of pages: 238
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; Sociology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Geography, POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, MEDICAL / Public Health, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Disease & Health Issues, LAW / Medical Law & Legislation, Personal & public health, Illness & addiction: social aspects, Politics & government, Politics and government, Gender studies, gender groups, Regional Geography, Health, illness and addiction: social aspects, Personal and public health / health education, Medicolegal issues