In this groundbreaking work on American public policy and human fertility control, policies and practices of the 70s, 80s, and 90s are reviewed and analyzed in each of the fifty states. Arguing that morality politics have helped make fertility policies contentious and complex, McFarlane and Meier conclude that current policies are inadequate for addressing unintended pregnancy and even contribute to high abortion rates. The authors offer alternative public policy designed to be more effective in the future.
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Deborah R. McFarlane is a professor in the department of Political Science at the University of New Mexico. She earned her MPH (Population Planning) from the University of Michigan's School of Public Health and her MPA from Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government, and she holds a doctorate in Public Health from the University of Texas. She has published many articles in the fields of public health, reproductive health, and public policy; worked as a family planning program administrator; and consulted for numerous organizations involved in reproductive health. Kenneth J. Meier is the Charles Puryear Professor of Liberal Arts, Professor of Political Science, and coordinator of the Program in American Politics at Texas A&M University. He earned his M.A. and Ph. D. in Political Science at the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University. He is the author of Politics and the Bureaucracy: Policymaking in the Fourth Branch of Government and The Politics of Sin: Drugs, Alcohol , and Public Policy.
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THIS BOOK EXAMINES American public policy toward fertility control-the actions of individuals or couples to limit the number of children they biologically produce or to space the timing of their children's births. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
abortion funding policy, fertility control policies, federal abortion policy, family planning expenditures, statutory coherence hypothesis, abortion funding policies, fertility control issues, fertility control politics, fertility control policy, state family planning policies, state abortion policies, state abortion restrictions, state abortion rates, subsidized family planning services, statutory variables, family planning funding, parental involvement laws, squeal rule, family planning funds, street level politics, family planning providers, life endangerment, population affairs, coherence scores, abortion data Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, Supreme Court, New York, New Deal, Planned Parenthood, Social Security Act, South Dakota, Institute of Medicine, West Virginia, Catholic Church, Mexico City, One Package, Alan Guttmacher Institute, North Carolina, Office of Population Affairs, Population Council, Rhode Island, Christian Coalition, North Dakota, President Clinton, South Carolina, Welfare Reform Act, Bureau of the Census, Gradual Erosion Scenario, New Jersey New!
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THIS BOOK EXAMINES American public policy toward fertility control-the actions of individuals or couples to limit the number of children they biologically produce or to space the timing of their children's births. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
abortion funding policy, fertility control policies, federal abortion policy, family planning expenditures, statutory coherence hypothesis, abortion funding policies, fertility control issues, fertility control politics, fertility control policy, state family planning policies, state abortion policies, state abortion restrictions, state abortion rates, subsidized family planning services, statutory variables, family planning funding, parental involvement laws, squeal rule, family planning funds, street level politics, family planning providers, life endangerment, population affairs, coherence scores, abortion data Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, Supreme Court, New York, New Deal, Planned Parenthood, Social Security Act, South Dakota, Institute of Medicine, West Virginia, Catholic Church, Mexico City, One Package, Alan Guttmacher Institute, North Carolina, Office of Population Affairs, Population Council, Rhode Island, Christian Coalition, North Dakota, President Clinton, South Carolina, Welfare Reform Act, Bureau of the Census, Gradual Erosion Scenario, New Jersey New!
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