Abortion Law in Transnational Perspective: Cases and Controversies

Book Overview

It is increasingly implausible to speak of a purely domestic abortion law, as the legal debates around the world draw on precedents and influences of different national and regional contexts. While the United States and Western Europe may have been the vanguard of abortion law reform in the latter half of the twentieth century, Central and South America are proving to be laboratories of thought and innovation in the twenty-first century, as are...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812223969
• ISBN13: 9780812223965
• Release Date: March 2017
• Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Length: 480 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.9" x 8.9"