Abortion, Doctors and the Law

This book focusses on the evolution of the law and medical practice of abortion in England.

Zusammenfassung
Ranging from the beginning of the nineteenth century to the 1980s, this book focusses on the evolution of the law and medical practice of abortion in England. Dr Keown considers the performance of abortion by doctors, and the influence the medical profession had on the restriction of the law in the nineteenth century and on its relaxation in the twentieth.

Inhalt

Table of cases; Table of statutes; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. The first statutory prohibition of abortion: Lord Ellenborough's Act 1803; 2. Anti-abortion legislation 180361 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 196882; 6. The reaction of the medical profession to proposed restriction of the law 196979; 7. A theoretical overview; Appendices; Notes; Subject index; Name index.