Intended consequences : birth control, abortion, and the federal government in modern America

Critchlow, Donald T. 1948- (Author).

Summary: After World War II, American policy experts - convinced that unchecked population growth threatened global disaster - successfully lobbied bipartisan policy-makers in Washington to initiate federally-funded family planning. In Intended Consequences, Donald T. Critchlow deftly chronicles how the government's involvement in contraception and abortion evolved into one of the most bitter, partisan controversies in American political history. Intended Consequences encompasses over four decades of political history, examining everything from the aftermath of the Republican "moral revolution" during the Reagan and Bush years to the current culture wars concerning unwed motherhood, homosexuality, and the further protection of women's abortion rights. Critchlow's carefully balanced appraisal of federal birth control and abortion policy reveals that despite the controversy, the family planning movement has indeed accomplished much in the way of its intended goal - the reduction of population growth in many parts of the world.

Record details

ISBN: 9780195046571
ISBN: 0195145933
ISBN: 0195046579
ISBN: 9781423736721
ISBN: 9780195145939
ISBN: 1423736729
ISBN: 0195145933
Physical Description: 1 online resource (x, 307 pages)
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Computer data.
Publisher: New York : Oxford University Press, 1999.

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General Note:	CatMonthString:august.19 Multi-User.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-296) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	1. Laying the Foundation for Federal Family Planning Policy: The Eisenhower-Kennedy Years -- 2. Moving Forward Quietly: Family Planning in the Johnson Administration -- 3. Implementing the Policy Revolution Under Johnson and Nixon -- 4. The Backlash: Roman Catholics, Contraceptives, Abortion, and Sterilization -- 5. Richard Nixon and the Politicization of Family Planning Policy -- 6. Contesting the Policy Terrain After Roe: From Reagan to Clinton.
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Type of Computer File or Data Note:	Text (HTML), electronic book.
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