Abortion Politics : : The Hawaii Experience /

Abortion Politics : : The Hawaii Experience / / Milton Diamond, Patricia G. Steinhoff.

In 1970, Hawaii became the first state to repeal its criminal abortion law. The story of Hawaii's experience, the grass-roots campaign that dramatically changed public consciousness about abortion and translated public concern into institutional change, is recounted here in detail, reliving the...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Hawaii Press Archive eBook-Package Pre-2000
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Steinhoff, Patricia G.,
Diamond, Milton,
Place / Publishing House:Honolulu : : University of Hawaii Press, , [2021]
©1977
Year of Publication:2021
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (270 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • 1 Setting the Stage
  • 2 Personalities
  • 3 Tactics Aimed at the Public
  • 4 Tactics Aimed at the Legislature
  • 5 Pro-Repeal Issues: Human Control of Social Problems
  • 6 Anti-Repeal Issues: The Right to Life
  • 7 Give and Take
  • 8 Legislative Politics
  • 9 From Bill to Law
  • 10 The New Law's Impact
  • 11 Analysis and Evaluation
  • Appendix: Questionnaire to Legislators
  • Notes
  • Index

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