Abortion in Asia

<ul> <li> Presents abortion case studies from Thailand Cambodia Burma Vietnam Bangladesh Indonesia and India</li> <li> Illustrates the conditions and hard choices faced by women and the circumstances surrounding unplanned pregnancies</li> <li> Explores the connections among poverty violence barriers to access and the politics and strategies involved in abortion law reform</li> <li> Contributors analyze these issues within the broader conflicts surrounding women's status gender roles religion nationalism and modernity and global politics of reproductive health.</li></ul>