Intended Consequences : Birth Control, Abortion, and the Federal Government in Modern America.
After World War II, U.S. 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...
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| Language: | English |
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New York :
Oxford University Press,
2001.
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| ISBN: | 9780198021537 0198021534 9781602564633 1602564639 1280655259 9781280655258 1423736729 9781423736721 |
| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
Table of Contents:
- Acknowledgments; Introduction; 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; Conclusion; Notes; Index.