Farmer, Ann.

By their fruits eugenics, population control, and the abortion campaign / [electronic resource] : Ann Farmer. - Washington, D.C. : Catholic University of America Press, ©2008. - 1 online resource (xxi, 421 pages)

Includes bibliographical references (pages 379-404) and index.

Foreword / by Lord David Alton -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Malthusianism and eugenics: a preamble -- The early abortion campaign, backstreet abortion, and eugenics -- Abortion, eugenics, and democracy -- The 1967 Abortion Act and eugenics -- After the Act: abortion, eugenics, and population control -- The abortion campaign: feminism, eugenics, and public policy -- Beyond abortion: a step into darkness? -- Appendix A: A note on historical sources -- Appendix B: English abortion law: a summary -- Works consulted -- Index.

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