Abortion Politics

<p><strong><em>Abortion Politics: Public Policy in Cross Cultural</em></strong><strong><em>Perspective</em></strong> focuses on current abortion policy and practice in the United States, Canada, Europe and Japan and aims to provide a comprehensive, stimulating and balanced picture of current abortion policy in a cross-cultural perspective. The contributors deal with comparative abortion policy including recent developments in Ireland, Germany and Eastern Europe.</p> Part I Rhetoric and Reform; Chapter 1 Rhetoric and Symbols in American Abortion Politics, Laura R. Woliver; Chapter 2 Constitutionalizing Abortion, Kim Lane Scheppele; Chapter 3 Reproductive Rights and the Struggle with Change in Eastern Europe, Marianne Githens; Part II The Reality Factor; Chapter 4 Abortion Policy in the United States and Canada: Do Institutions Matter?, Donley T. Studlar, Raymond Tatalovich; Chapter 5 Abortion Policy Triads and Women’s Rights in Russia, the United States, and France, Dorothy Mcbride Stetson; Chapter 6 Abortion and Reproductive Choice: Policy and Politics in Japan, Joyce Gelb; Part III Rhetoric, Reality, and Rights; Chapter 7 The Stability of Compromise: Abortion Politics in Western Europe, Joyce Outshoorn; Chapter 8 Ireland and the European Union: The Impact of Integration and Social Change on Abortion Policy, Brian Girvin; Part IV Beyond Abortion; Chapter 9 Confronting the Consequences of Medical Technology: Policy Frontiers in the United States and France, Jennifer Merchant; Chapter 10 Feminist Perspectives on Abortion and Reproductive Technologies, Dorothy McBride Stetson;