Abortion History - United States

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Abortion Controversy History - US

From your About Guide, a brief outline of the key events in the US abortion controversy.

Clergy Consultation Service on Abortion

Clergy Consultation Service on Abortion profile: an organization (before Roe v Wade) of clergy members who referred women to safe abortions.

Aborted Funds

In this lesson plan (grades 6-12) from the New York Times, students learn about the United Nations Population fund and the U.S. government's attitudes towards funding family planning and abortion services overseas.

The Battle For Saliency

Abortion and the 1992 campaign, in an article from the Atlantic Monthly by William Schneider.

Catholics and Abortion: Authority vs. Dissent

Rosemary Radford Ruether details the history in the 1980s in the United States, when Catholics for a Free Choice dissented from the church hierarchy's position on abortion and birth control. The article discusses the relationship of American culture and church policy on abortion.

Eve's Herbs: Review

A skeptical review of John Riddle's book, Eve's Herbs, this page includes much information about abortion in historical context.

Feminism and Abortion

Martha Bayles, writing in 1990 for the Atlantic Monthly, uses the pro-choice position as an example of what she sees as the failures of feminism.

Historical Documentaries on Abortion

These documentaries on abortion in the United States would be useful in women's studies or women's history courses.

Koedt, Anne. Abortion Rally Speech

From a speech at an abortion repeal rally on March 24, 1968. Part of an early women's liberation movement publication, Notes from the First Year.

New York Times: Abortion Index

Current and not-so-current stories from the archives of the New York Times on abortion and related topics. Site requires free registration and login.