When Abortion Was a Crime Women, Medicine, and Law in the United States, 1867-1973

"A solidly grounded, sophisticated history of illegal abortion in the U.S....Reagan goes beyond the genesis of written laws, focusing on women's attitudes toward abortion and their concrete experiences of it....Of enduring interest to anyone concerned with the history of women's rights, sexual mores, and the relationship of law and policy to ordinary lives."Reagan, Leslie J. is the author of 'When Abortion Was a Crime Women, Medicine, and Law in the United States, 1867-1973', published 1998 under ISBN 9780520216570 and ISBN 0520216571.