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The Politics of Fertility Control: Family Planning and Abortion Policies in the American States » Read Now
by Deborah R. McFarlane, Kenneth J. Meier. 200 pgs.

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A groundbreaking new book on American policy & human fertility control which reviews & analyzes policies & practices over the last thirty years in each of the fifty states. Arguing that morality politics has helped make fertility policies contentious & complex, McFarlane & Meier conclude that...
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A groundbreaking new book on American policy & human fertility control which reviews & analyzes policies & practices over the last thirty years in each of the fifty states. Arguing that morality politics has helped make fertility policies contentious & complex, McFarlane & Meier conclude that current policies are inadequate for addressing unintended pregnancies & even contribute to high abortion rates. The authors offer alternative public policy designed to be more effective in the future.
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Population Policy & Women's Rights: Transforming Reproductive Choice » Read Now
by Ruth Dixon-Mueller. 290 pgs.

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This work presents a forceful argument for a more responsive approach to fertility limitation in developing countries--one that builds on women's concerns about their survival and security and strengthens women's rights. Dixon-Mueller reviews the history of the debate between feminists and the birth...
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This work presents a forceful argument for a more responsive approach to fertility limitation in developing countries--one that builds on women's concerns about their survival and security and strengthens women's rights. Dixon-Mueller reviews the history of the debate between feminists and the birth control movement, examines the forces affecting U.S. population policy on the domestic and international fronts, and documents the relationship between women's reproductive rights and their rights in other areas.
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New Methods of Family Planning: Implications for Intimate Behavior, in The Journal of Sex Research » Read Now
by Lawrence J. Severy, Jeffrey Spieler. 8 pgs.

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...New Methods of Family Planning: Implications for Intimate Behavior...drought is easing" and new methods of family planning "are in the pipeline now" and "should...has not...
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Women's Reproductive Rights, Modernization, and Family Planning Programs in Developing Countries: A Causal Model, in International Journal of Comparative Sociology » Read Now
by Vijayan K. Pillai, Guang-Zhen Wang. 2 pgs.

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...reproductive rights, modernization, and family planning programs in developing countries...association between strategies of family planning programs in developing...
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Breaking the Cycle: Welfare Dependency and Family Planning, in Policy & Practice of Public Human Services » Read Now
by Kathy Davis. 4 pgs.

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...cycle: welfare dependency and family planning. by Kathy Davis...Planned Parenthood, provides family planning services at a clinic housed...decade of providing access to...
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How Does Congress Approach Population and Family Planning Issues?Results of Qualitative Interviews with Legislative Directors » Read Now
by David M. Adamson, Sally Patterson. 36 pgs.

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Results of interviewed legislative directors.
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The Origins and Evolution of Family Planning Programs in Developing Countries » Read Now
by Judith R. Seltzer. 185 pgs.

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This book analyzes the origins and rationale of family planning programs and how they have evolved based on experience in different country settings.
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The Health of Women: A Global Perspective (Chap. 5 "Family Planning: A Base to Build on for Women's Reproductive Health Services") » Read Now
by Jill Gay, Marge Koblinsky, Judith Timyan. 291 pgs.

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Contraception across Cultures: Technologies, Choices, Constraints » Read Now
by Andrew Russell, Elisa J. Sobo, Mary S. Thompson. 252 pgs.

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Contraception is an issue of considerable concern to a great many heterosexually active people. Yet the impact of contraceptive technologies in the world today, in particular their implications for kinship, gender relations, and other aspects of social life, receives relatively little scholarly...
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Contraception is an issue of considerable concern to a great many heterosexually active people. Yet the impact of contraceptive technologies in the world today, in particular their implications for kinship, gender relations, and other aspects of social life, receives relatively little scholarly attention.This book brings a new perspective to the study of contraception, by collecting together in one volume leading experts in the fields of contraception, family planning and reproductive health. Contributors look at the social, economic, political and cultural contexts in which contraceptive providers and recipients make decisions about whether and what forms of contraception to use. User perspectives (whether those of recipients or providers of contraceptive services) are taken seriously, as are the perspectives of policy-makers and development experts. With its in-depth, case-study approach, this challenging book will appeal to practitioners and planners in the fields of family planning and reproductive health, as well as to students and academics of applied and medical anthropology, health studies, gender and development studies, or anyone interested in the social, cultural and ethical issues raised by contraceptive technologies.
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From Private Vice to Public Virtue: The Birth Control Movement and American Society Since 1830 » Read Now
by James Reed. 456 pgs.

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...the debate between those who believe that voluntary family planning can control population growth and those who advocate...contraception were not mutually exclusive...
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Sacred Rights: The Case for Contraception and Abortion in World Religions » Read Now
by Daniel C. Maguire. 295 pgs.

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This book presents the work of the "Sacred Choices Initiative" of the Religious Consultation on Population, Reproductive Health, and Ethics. The purpose of this Packard and Ford Foundation supported initiative is to attempt to change international discourse on family planning and to rescue this...
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This book presents the work of the "Sacred Choices Initiative" of the Religious Consultation on Population, Reproductive Health, and Ethics. The purpose of this Packard and Ford Foundation supported initiative is to attempt to change international discourse on family planning and to rescue this debate from superficial sloganeering by drawing on the moral stores of the world's major and indigenous religions. In many of the world's religions there is a restrictive and pro-natalist view on family planning, and this is one legitimate reading of those religious traditions. As the essays in this volume demonstrate, however, this is not the only legitimate or orthodox view. These authors show that the paramaters of orthodoxy are wider and gentler than that, and that the great religious traditions are wiser and more variegated and nuanced than a simple repetition of the most conservative views would suggest. This theme is carried out in essays on each of the world's major religious traditions, written by scholar practitioners of those faiths.
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Making Modern Mothers: Ethics and Family Planning in Urban Greece » Read Now
by Heather Paxson. 335 pgs.

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""Making Modern Mothers explores the ethics of reproductive agency and the changing meanings of motherhood in modern Greece where abortion is still more widely practiced than modern contraception, and having children represents a woman's social-moral achievement. In this very readable ethnography...
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""Making Modern Mothers explores the ethics of reproductive agency and the changing meanings of motherhood in modern Greece where abortion is still more widely practiced than modern contraception, and having children represents a woman's social-moral achievement. In this very readable ethnography, Paxson analyzes how urban women manage their reproductive and sexual lives, and make sense both of being women and of being mothers. This is a welcome addition to a growing comparative literature."--Gail Kligman, author of "The Politics of Duplicity: Controlling Reproduction in Ceausescu's Romania
"Whether addressing abortion, family planning, or pronatalist population policy, Paxson has perfect pitch, grounding these issues in women's stories, concerns, and dilemmas as they seek to achieve and embody a sense of modern Greek femininity."--Faye Ginsburg, author of "Contested Lives "
"An arresting book. . . . It is a powerful commentary on the cultural specificities of morality in the modern world."--Michael Herzfeld, author of "Cultural Intimacy "
"A fascinating study. Paxson's focus on ethics allows her to explain why individuals' efforts to be good women, mothers, doctors, and citizens can lead to counterintuitive results, such as high rates of abortion in a country where most women aspire to motherhood and politicians decry the low birth rate."--Jane F. Collier, author of "From Duty to Desire: Remaking Families in a Spanish Village
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