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Abortion Politics in American States

by Timothy A. Byrnes, Mary C. Segers. 279 pgs.

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Contributors:

   Timothy A. Byrnes, Mary C. Segers

Publisher:

   M. E. Sharpe

Place of Publication:

  Armonk, NY  

Publication Year:

  1995
Subjects:   Abortion--Political Aspects--United States--States, Abortion--Government Policy--United States--States
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The Politics of Abortion in the United States and Canada: A Comparative Study
Book by Raymond Tatalovich; M. E. Sharpe, 1997
Subjects: Abortion--Government Policy--Canada, Abortion--Government Policy--United States, Abortion--Political Aspects--Canada, Abortion--Political Aspects--United States, Pro-Choice Movement--Canada, Pro-Choice Movement--United States, Pro-Life Movement--Canada, Pro-Life Movement--United States
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Shaping Abortion Discourse: Democracy and the Public Sphere in Germany and the United States
Book by Myra Marx Ferree, William Anthony Gamson, Jürgen Gerhards, Dieter Rucht; Cambridge University Press, 2002
Subjects: Abortion--Political Aspects--Germany, Abortion--Political Aspects--United States, Abortion--Press Coverage--Germany, Abortion--Press Coverage--United States, Germany--Politics And Government--20th Century, Pro-Choice Movement--Germany, Pro-Choice Movement--United States, Pro-Life Movement--Germany, Pro-Life Movement--United States, United States--Politics And Government--20th Century
Shaping Abortion Discourse Democracy...Sphere in Germany and the United States Using controversy over...through which to compare the political process and the role of...issue remains very much politically relevant in the United States. As of the fall of 2000...RU-486, a pill that induces abortions in the early stages of...
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Abortion Politics in American States
Book by Mary C. Segers, Timothy A. Byrnes; M. E. Sharpe, 1995
Subjects: Abortion--Government Policy--United States--States, Abortion--Political Aspects--United States--States
...1-56324-450-0 1. Abortion Political aspects United States States. 2. Abortion Government policy United...in the remaining four states. In legalizing abortion, the justices inaugurated...debate and transformed political discourse about abortion...right-to-life movement in the United States and lulled abortion...
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The Religion Guarantees: A Reference Guide to the United States Constitution
Book by Peter K. Rofes, Jack Stark; Praeger, 2005
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...Semonche, Religion and Constitutional Government in the United States 6 (1985) (citing I The Complete Writings of Roger Williams...apart-far apart. Still others stake out the cultural and political territory between these competing poles. These distinctively...and the equal protection guarantee, the regulation of abortion against the backdrop of due process pro- tections, the...highest court repeatedly has confronted efforts to infuse aspects of reli- gion into public school classrooms and ceremonies...
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Historical and Multicultural Encyclopedia of Women's Reproductive Rights in the United States
Book by Judith A. Baer; Greenwood Press, 2002
Subjects: Abortion--Government Policy--United States--History--Encyclopedias, Birth Control--Government Policy--United States--History--Encyclopedias, Women's Rights--United States--Encyclopedias
...REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS IN THE UNITED STATES HISTORICAL AND MULTICULTURAL...History Encyclopedias. 2. Abortion Government policy United...articles on laws, court cases, political attitudes, prominent activists...American Journal of Political Science , 41 July 1997...Opinion and the Politics of Abortion Boulder, Colo., 1992...Abortion Rates in the United States: The Influence of Opinion...
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Subjects: Abortion--Ethical aspects
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...compares language issues and public policy in Canada and the United States. RAYMOND TATALOVICH is Professor of Political Science at Loyola University Chicago. He received his Ph...and the American States (Kentucky, 1995); The Politics of Abortion in the United States and Canada (M.E. Sharpe, 1997); and...
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...related to the abortion debate that attempted...Catholic Bishops/United States Catholic Conference...that entered the political struggle and...negated. Instead, aspects of the stem cell...dominate the political debate that there...response in the United States and in Germany...definitions of the political and scientific...field. In the United States and in Germany...
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REASSESSING THE STATE OF POLITICAL COMMUNICATION IN THE UNITED STATES. by Trevor Parry-Giles , Shawn J. Parry-Giles...Gary Bauer informs voters of his positions on abortion, the military, assisted suicide, property rights...
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The State of Welfare: United States 2003
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...as a result of intense political struggle. The collapse...provides block grants to the states, which can determine how...which repeal significant aspects of the New Deal, represent...long time. In 1965, the United States ranked twenty-first...orientation, and to seek an abortion, poor women on welfare...and the realignment of political and ideological power within the United States. Hall way through the Bush...
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...Openness in government is under broad attack throughout the United States--at every level. Using the threat of terrorism as a rationale...patients. These people were sometimes harassed by anti-abortion extremists who used license plate numbers to find out...hobbies, reading habits, Internet browsing habits, religion, political affiliation, drinking and smoking habits, gambling activities...might be persuaded to underwrite some of the more costly aspects of this campaign. MAKING ALL THIS HAPPEN, Clifton agrees...
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...Supreme Court Looks Likely to Overturn the Federal Law on Abortion. Nicholas Hill and Peter Ling Look at the Political Background to the Legal Argument. by Nicholas Hill...possible self-incrimination, as Chief Justice in Dickerson v. United States (2000) he had nevertheless followed the Miranda precedent...
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When Abortion Was a Crime: Women, Medicine, and Law in the United States, 1867-1973
Magazine article; The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 279, May 1997
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...as doctors, fearful of being prosecuted in a repressive political climate for interpreting "therapeutic abortion" too broadly, set up hospital committees to rule on abortion...behind it. Moderate reforms had already been tried: twelve states permitted abortion in instances of rape, incest, danger...closes on an ominous note, sketching the possibility of a United States in which not only is abortion once again a crime...
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House Overturns Aid Ban for Groups Offering Abortions
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, June 22, 2007
Subjects: Abortion--Political aspects, United States. Department of State--Government finance, United States. Department of State--Political activity
...Ban for Groups Offering Abortions. Byline: Sean Lengell...that perform or promote abortion abroad as a method of family planning. The policy is often referred to...goal of the Mexico City policy to make abortion more rare, and protect...
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Romney Takes Aim at Obama GOP Debate Focuses on War and Abortion
Newspaper article by Eric Krol; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), August 6, 2007
Subjects: Abortion--Political aspects, Campaign debates--Political aspects, Political parties--Political aspects
...Debate Focuses on War and Abortion. by Eric Krol Byline: Eric Krol Daily Herald Political Writer ekrol@@dailyherald...Obama for "confusing" the United States friends and enemies. Obama...health care to all. While abortion didnt come up at all Saturday...Romney for calling himself an abortion rights foe when he favored...
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Democrats Hit Roberts' Ambiguity; Senators Frustrated That Nominee Would Not Discuss Specific Issues
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, September 16, 2005
Subjects: Legislators--Political aspects, Political parties--Political aspects, Schumer, Charles E.--Political activity, Senators--Political aspects, Supreme Court justices--Political aspects, Supreme court justices--Political aspects, United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary
...of withholding his personal views on political and judicial matters. "You did speak...support a nominee who will undo federal abortion rights. "I dont really know what Im going...such interest in Judge Roberts stance on abortion. He spent two hours with the nominee...
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Judiciary Panel Peppers Nominee with Pet Issues; Views Include Cameras in Court, Abortion
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, September 15, 2005
Subjects: Abortion--Political aspects
...Nominee with Pet Issues; Views Include Cameras in Court, Abortion. Byline: Charles Hurt, THE WASHINGTON TIMES With...nomination of John G. Roberts Jr. to be chief justice of the United States. Photo by Rodney Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times
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A Moment in Time
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, April 23, 2007
Subjects: Abortion--Political aspects, Santorum, Rick--Political activity
...stood on the floor of the United States Senate to respond to Sen...veto of the Partial Birth Abortion Ban Act," former Sen. Rick...expectations, but is changing the political health-care debate," the...defeat of a bill to allow the government to fix Medicare drug prices...important step toward their all-government, health-care nirvana. Nancy...
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