Abortion, Doctors and the Law: Some Aspects of the Legal Regulation of Abortion in England from 1803 to 1982Cambridge University Press, 20.06.2002 - 228 Seiten Ranging from the beginning of the nineteenth century to the 1980s, this book focuses on the evolution of the law and medical practice of abortion in England. Little academic attention has hitherto been given to the development and scope of abortion law in England, the formative influence of the medical profession, and the impact of the law on medical practice. Consequently, Dr Keown considers the performance of abortion by doctors, and the influence the medical profession had on the restriction of the law in the nineteenth century and on its relaxation in the twentieth. The book does not deal directly with the legal status of the unborn child, the rights and duties of its parents and of the doctors involved in the provision of abortion or the question of the desirability of reform. Rather, adopting a socio-legal perspective, it considers what the scope of the prohibition of abortion has been and focuses on aspects of professional influence on the evolution of that prohibition, and of professional practice thereunder. |
Inhalt
The first statutory prohibition of abortion Lord Ellenboroughs Act 1803 | 3 |
The exercise of jurisdiction over abortion by the commonlaw courts 16001803 | 5 |
de jure and de facto | 11 |
Lord Ellenboroughs Act 1803 | 12 |
The perception of abortion as a growing problem | 21 |
The influence of the regular medical practioner on the Act | 22 |
Conclusion | 24 |
Antiabortion legislation 18031861 and medical influence thereon | 26 |
45 The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists and the British Medical Association | 96 |
Conclusion | 108 |
The Abortion Act 1967 and the performance of abortion by the medical profession 19681982 | 110 |
Changing medical attitudes | 119 |
52 The safeguards against excessively permissive interpretation of s 1 and their effectiveness | 128 |
Certification notification and the approval of premises | 130 |
The General Medical Council | 136 |
Conclusion | 137 |
22 The influence of medical opinion on the law 18031861 | 27 |
Lord Lansdownes Act 1828 | 28 |
The Offences Against the Person Act 1837 | 29 |
The Offences Against the Person Act 1861 | 33 |
Conclusion | 47 |
Abortion in legal theory and medical practice before 1938 | 49 |
32 Abortion in medical practice before 1938 | 59 |
Conclusion | 78 |
The medical profession and the enactment of the Abortion Act 1967 | 84 |
41 The Royal MedicoPsychological Association | 87 |
42 The British Medical Association | 89 |
43 The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists | 91 |
44 The Medical Womens Federation | 95 |
The reaction of the medical profession to proposed restriction of the law 19691979 | 138 |
62 The Irvine Bill 1970 | 139 |
64 The White Bill 1975 | 141 |
65 The Benyon Bill 1977 | 146 |
66 The Braine Bill 1978 | 151 |
67 The Corrie Bill 1979 | 152 |
Conclusion | 158 |
A theoretical overview | 159 |
Abortion Act 1967 | 168 |
Notes | 171 |
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Abortion, Doctors, and the Law: Some Aspects of the Legal Regulation of ... John Keown Keine Leseprobe verfügbar - 1988 |
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