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| Genre/Form: | Juvenile literature |
|---|---|
| Material Type: | Juvenile audience |
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Noah Berlatsky |
| ISBN: | 9780737749274 073774927X 9780737749281 0737749288 |
| OCLC Number: | 521753938 |
| Description: | 254 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | Abortion and religion. Buddhism opposes but does not condemn abortion / Damien Keown -- Hindu ethics about abortion are very different from western ones / Edward Omar Moad -- Islam condemns almost all abortions after four months / Muhammad ibn Adam al-Kawthari -- Judaism : approach to abortion is neither pro-choice nor pro-life / Daniel Eisenberg -- Catholics can support a pro choice stand on abortion / Jon O'Brien, Sara Morello -- Catholic legislators who support abortion should be denied communion / Pete Vere -- Abortion and the law. In Ireland, abortion should remain illegal / William Binchy -- In Europe abortion should be legalized / Gisela Wurm -- Jamaica should rewrite its outdated abortion laws / Zadie Neufville -- In Jamaica, abortions should remain illegal / Richard Ho Lung -- In Queensland, Australia, legal confusion over abortion must be addressed / Caroline de Costa, Michael Carrette -- In Queensland, Australia, abortion laws need not be changed / Paul Dobbyn -- Abortion and sex selection. Worldwide, selective abortion cause shortage of women / Joan Delaney -- In China, selective abortions have created a gender imbalance / Wei Xing Zhu, Li Lu, Therese Hesketh -- In India, women feel great pressure to abort female fetuses / Leela Visaria -- In the United States, technology will legitimize sex selective abortion / William Saletan -- Sex selection that does not involve abortion is ethical / David Heyd -- Sex selection is unethical even in the absence of abortion / Bart Engelen, Antoon Vandevelde -- Abortion and sex education. In South Africa, women need to be taught that is abortion is legal / Chelsea Morroni, Landon Myer, Kemilembe Tibazarwa -- In Russia, poor sex education results in too many abortions / Chloe Arnold -- In Zimbabwe, poor education results in too many illegal abortions / IRIN [Integrated Regional Information Networks] -- In Scotland, high abortion rate suggests failure of sex education / Magnus Gardham -- In England, peer led sex education does not reduce abortions / David A. Ross -- In the United States, sex education contributes to high abortion rates / Alabama Physicians for Life. |
| Series Title: | Global viewpoints. |
| Responsibility: | Noah Berlatsky, book editor. |
Abstract:
Examines various views about abortion.
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