Re-Thinking Abortion: Psychology, Gender and the Law

ISBN-13: 9780415163651 / Angielski / Miękka / 1997 / 172 str.

Mary Boyle

Opis

Only women have abortions, yet it is mainly men who decide whether they may have them. This text shows how a psychological analysis of the abortion debate can increase understanding of why it arouses such strength of feeling. Psychology's relationship to abortion has been complex and pervasive, yet traditional approaches neglect the topic or consign it as a health problem of individual women. Mary Boyle argues that this approach overlooks the social context in which legislation is developed and in which women experience abortion. She believes that the concept of gender is central and reveals many implicit assumptions about women and doctors that underlie the content of abortion legislation.

Spis treści

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.

O autorze

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.