Introduction/The New Politics of Abortion/The Rules of the Game/Abortion Politics in the Netherlands/Abortion as a Marginal Issue/The Use of Peripheral Mechanisms in Britain and the United States/Parliament Pressure Groups Networks and the Women's Movement/The Politics of Abortion Law Reform in Britain (1967-83)/The Politics of Abortion in Ireland/Abortion Policy in France under Governments of the Right and Left (1973-84)/Feminism and Abortion Politics in Italy/Abortion in Belgium/Consensus and Conflict on the Political and Institutional Scene/The Abortion Issue Political Cleavage and the Political Agenda in Norway/The Marginal Relevance of Legislation Relating to Induced Abortion