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REVIEW: Old abortion law still holds sway

Author(s) -

Sue Kedgley

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

pacific journalism review – te koakoa

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.308

H-Index - 13

eISSN - 2324-2035

pISSN - 1023-9499

DOI - 10.24135/pjr.v19i2.228

Subject(s) - abortion , statute , law , publishing , project commissioning , abortion law , political science , history , sociology , family planning , research methodology , demography , biology , population , pregnancy , genetics

Fighting to Choose is a fascinating, meticulously researched history of the struggle to liberalise New Zealand’s abortion laws. It examines why there is still no right to have an abortion in a progressive country like New Zealand, which has a strong record of promoting women’s rights, and why it is that an unsatisfactory abortion law, that was passed 35 years ago, is still on the statute books.

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