Includes bibliographical references (pages 141-144) and index.
Contents:
Laws prohibiting birth control have gradually been eliminated / Gale Encyclopedia of American Law -- Contraceptive use in the United States / Guttmacher Institute -- The right to privacy protects marital use of birth control: the Supreme Court's decision / William O. Douglas -- The right to privacy in contraception extends to unmarried individuals: the Supreme Court's decision / William J. Brennan Jr. -- The right to privacy protects a woman's right to choose abortion: the Supreme Court's decision / Harry Blackmun -- It is a violation of minors' right to privacy to restrict access to contraceptives: the Supreme Court's decision / William J. Brennan Jr. -- States may require parental consent for abortion if an alternative is available: the Supreme Court's decision / Lewis F. Powell Jr. -- Parental involvement laws for abortion protect minors and parents / Mary E. Harned -- Obstacles to abortion, contraception, and sex education endanger teens / Center for Reproductive Rights -- Teens should get abstinence education, not contraception information / Mary Frances Boyle -- Abstinence-only education violates minors' constitutional rights / Hazel Glenn Beh and Milton Diamond -- Schools for contraception / Rich Lowry -- An educator recounts his fight for privacy in contraceptive use: personal narrative / Bill Baird -- The fight for access to birth control continues today / Jonathan D. Moreno and Frances Kissling -- Birth-control mandate: unconstitutional and illegal / David B. Rivkin Jr. and Edward Whelan -- The birth control pill should be available over the counter / Jessica Sheehy.
Summary:
"Teen Rights and Freedoms: Birth Control: Each volume in the series focuses on a different right or freedom and offers an anthology of key essays and articles on that right or freedom and the responsibilities that come with it"-- Provided by publisher.
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