Open AccessREVIEW: Old abortion law still holds sway
Author(s) -
Sue Kedgley
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
pacific journalism review
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.