Notes -- Preface -- Introduction -- The brief history of American abortion policy -- The early years -- The movement to re-legalize abortion -- The opposition emerges -- The current debate -- Abortion as social regulatory policy -- Political labels -- Research methodology -- Maternal and fetal citizenship -- Book overview -- Discussion questions -- Suggested reading -- Notes -- 1. Abortion : just the facts -- Is the United States unique on the world stage? -- Incidence of abortion in the United States -- The United States compared to the world -- Why women have abortions -- Abortion and safety -- Who has abortions in the United States -- When women have abortions -- The court of public opinion -- Conclusion -- Discussion questions -- Suggested reading -- Notes -- 2. Abortion on demand? : the Supreme Court and abortion rights -- Physicians as authorities -- The Supreme Court's first appearance in abortion policy : challenges to the Comstock Law -- Margaret Sanger : advocate for women's reproductive rights -- Physicians and the contraception and abortion movements -- The U.S. Supreme Court acknowledges a right to privacy -- Griswold v. Connecticut -- Roe v. Wade -- The intermediate years : protecting choice, denying rights -- Neutral no more : Webster v. Reproductive Health Services -- Casey : supplanting doctor authority with state authority -- Stenberg v. Carhart : a footnote or a shift? -- Conclusion -- Discussion questions -- Suggested reading -- Notes -- A Notes -- Practical barriers to abortion access -- Location of providers -- Competition and profit margins -- The graying of a generation -- Anti-abortion extremism and violence -- Pro-choice advocates respond -- A lack of education -- Pharmacists as roadblocks to abortion -- Statutory barriers to abortion access -- Illegal and unenforceable barriers -- Legal barriers -- Barriers to funding -- State protections for abortion -- Patterns of restriction and protection -- State protections for the fetus -- Conclusion -- Discussion questions -- Suggested reading -- Notes -- 4. Abortion and the federal government -- Constitutional amendment or statutory ban? -- Banning federal funding of abortion -- The pro-life movement begins to organize -- The pro-life movement sets the terms of the debate -- A new strategy for a new century : persuade, protect, and prohibit -- Persuade -- Statutory protection of the fetus -- Prohibit -- Nomination politics and the making of a new Supreme Court -- Conclusion -- Discussion questions -- Suggested reading -- Notes -- The About the author. Party lines converge -- General party lines -- The parties organize to win elections -- The 1960s : the parties of Lincoln and Douglas -- The 1970s : new coalitions for new positions -- The 1980s : the parties change sides -- The 1990s : republican loyalty and democratic disunity -- 2000 and beyond : party platforms dictate policy -- Party in government -- Crossing party lines on funding -- Partisan loyalty in prohibition and fetal protection -- Democratic disunity, republican unity -- The 2004 election : abortion as a wedge issue? -- Conclusion -- Discussion questions -- Suggested reading -- Notes -- 6. Conclusion : the pendulum swings -- Introduction : where could we go from here? -- The physicians return -- Women's self-help movement -- The religious left -- Conclusion -- Discussion questions -- Suggested reading -- Notes -- Appendix A : Landmark contraception and abortion cases -- Appendix B : National political party platforms statements on abortion -- Appendix C : Web resources -- Index -- About the author.
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