Table of cases Table of statutes Acknowledgements Introduction 1. The first statutory prohibition of abortion: Lord Ellenborough's Act 1803 2. Anti-abortion legislation 1803-1861 and medical influence thereon 3. Abortion in legal theory and medical practice before 1938 4. The medical profession and the enactment of the Abortion Act 1967 5. The Abortion Act 1967 and the performance of abortion by the medical profession 1968-1982 6. The reaction of the medical profession to proposed restriction of the law 1969-1979 7. A theoretical overview Appendices Notes Subject index Name index.
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