Beyond control : medical power and abortion law / Sally Sheldon.

London ; Chicago, IL : Pluto Press, 1997.

x, 213 pages ; 22 cm.

This item was donated as part of The Women's Health Library archive held by Wellcome Collection, reference SA/WHL https://wellcomecollection.org/works/fjg4s86y

Copy 1. Donor: This item was originally held in the Women's Health Library. It was donated to Wellcome in 2016 by the Feminist Library, which acted as temporary custodian following the closure of Women's Health in 2006.

Copy 1. Former Women's Health Library shelfmark: T

1. Abortion in Britain: Thirty Years On -- 2. Abortion Act 1967: A Permissive and Liberatory Reform? -- 3. 'Tarts and Tired Housewives': the Abortion Act and the Regulation of Femininity -- 4. Abortion, Reproduction and the Deployment of Medical Power -- 5. Judicial Protection of Medical Discretion -- 6. Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990: Winning the Battle but Losing the War? -- 7. Regulation of Antiprogestin Terminations -- 8. Conclusions -- App. 1. Abortion Act 1967, unamended -- App. 2. Abortion Act 1967, as amended in 1990.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 196-206) and index.