
Reviews
Regulating Abortion is a well-researched compendium of everything political scientists and policy scholars need to know about US abortion regulation, beginning with its early history through myriad court cases to state policies that are wildly disparate and unfair, especially to poor women. Abortion regulation matters, and this book explains why.
Regulating Abortion skillfully navigates the challenging landscape of abortion restrictions, shining light on the many ways in which abortion care is marginalized and contributes to health inequities in the United States. This thoroughly researched work is essential for the reader seeking a nuanced understanding of the genesis and impacts of state and federal abortion restrictions.
A comprehensive analysis of the current politics of abortion in the United States. McFarlane and Hansen document the slippery slope of regulation into prohibition and its negative impact on public health. A must-read for scholars of public health, public policy, and political science.
A must-read for anyone seeking to understand how the long and tortured history of abortion regulation has resulted in an environment in which access to abortion depends crucially on who you are and where you live.
Regulating Abortion delivers a meticulous investigation of state-level abortion policies spanning the past three decades. McFarlane and Hansen's work illuminates the inequitable reality of how women of color and poor women continue to bear the harshest consequences of unjust regulatory policies which have eroded access to abortion services.
Book Details
Introduction
1. Regulating Abortion
2. Setting the Parameters
3. Abortion Regulations in the States
4. Determinants of State Abortion Regulations (What Explains State Differences)
5. Effects of State
Introduction
1. Regulating Abortion
2. Setting the Parameters
3. Abortion Regulations in the States
4. Determinants of State Abortion Regulations (What Explains State Differences)
5. Effects of State Abortion Regulations
6. Abortion Regulation in Europe
Conclusion
References