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Re-thinking Abortion

Psychology, Gender and the Law

By Mary Boyle

Published November 6th 1997 by Routledge – 176 pages

Series: Women and Psychology

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    Description

    Women have been able to have abortions legally for over 30 years. Yet few books have considered it as anything other than a health issue. Mary Boyle breaks this mould by considering the constructions of abortion in Western society. Drawing on ideas from sociology, politics, anthropology and law as well as psychology, she shows how abortion is linked to sexual behaviour and motherhood in the complex web of gender and power relations.

    This book will be of interest to all those engaged with feminist thinking, whether as student, academic, or professional in practice.

    Contents

    Acknowledgements. Introduction: Psychology and Abortion. Abortion Legislation. The Abortion Debates: Mothrhood, Morality and the Sanctity of Life. The Abortion Debates: The Medical Profession and Abortion. Contraception and Abortion. The Experience of Abortion. Psychology, Abortion and Social Policy.

    Author Bio

    Mary Boyle is Head of the Doctoral Degree in Clinical Psychology at the University of East London. She has worked as a clinical psychologist and published widely on social influences on psychological and psychiatric theory.

    Name: Re-thinking Abortion: Psychology, Gender and the Law (Paperback) – Routledge 
    Description: By Mary Boyle. Women have been able to have abortions legally for over 30 years. Yet few books have considered it as anything other than a health issue. Mary Boyle breaks this mould by considering the constructions of abortion in Western society. Drawing on ideas...
    Categories: Health Psychology, Gender Identity & Sex Roles, Critical Psychology, Parenting