Intended consequences : birth control, abortion, and the federal government in modern America /

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After World War II, American policy experts - convinced that unchecked population growth threatened global disaster - successfully lobbied bipartisan policy-makers in Washington to initiate federally-funded family planning. In Intended Consequences, Donald T. Critchlow deftly chronicles how the gove...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Critchlow, Donald T., 1948-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 1999.
Subjects:
USA > Government
Birth control > Government policy > United States.
Abortion > Government policy > United States.
Abortion.
Politics, Practical.
Family Planning Policy
Abortion, Legal
Politics
Régulation des naissances > Politique gouvernementale > États-Unis.
Avortement > Politique gouvernementale > États-Unis.
Avortement.
Politique.
politics.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Abortion & Birth Control.
Politics, Practical
Abortion
Abortion > Government policy
Birth control > Government policy
Politics and government
Social policy
Geburtenregelung
Schwangerschaftsabbruch
Régulation des naissances > Politique publique > États-Unis.
Avortement > Politique publique > États-Unis.
United States > Social policy.
United States > Politics and government.
United States
États-Unis > Politique sociale.
États-Unis > Politique et gouvernement.
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Laying the Foundation for Federal Family Planning Policy: The Eisenhower-Kennedy Years
  • 2. Moving Forward Quietly: Family Planning in the Johnson Administration
  • 3. Implementing the Policy Revolution Under Johnson and Nixon
  • 4. The Backlash: Roman Catholics, Contraceptives, Abortion, and Sterilization
  • 5. Richard Nixon and the Politicization of Family Planning Policy
  • 6. Contesting the Policy Terrain After Roe: From Reagan to Clinton.

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