安妮·阿彻

Abortionandcontraceptiongobackthousandsofyears.Sodoesthequestionofwhoshouldcontrolthem.Ourattitudesaboutcontrollinghumanreproductionthroughabortionandcontraceptionhavechangedradicallyoverthecenturies.Sohaveourperceptionsofthemoralandethicalissuesinvolved.TheRootsofRoerevealsthestoryofabortionandcontraceptioninAmericafromthefirstsurgicalabortionin1742tothestrugglesoverRoev.Wade.Inadebateoftenreducedtosimple-mindedslogans,TheRootsofRoeofferspartisansandthepublicauniquehistoricalperspectiveoncontemporaryissues.