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Abortion

A Guide to Selected Government Information Available at WIU's Government Publications Library

(Revised - 09/11)

Web version of this guide includes links to web resources.

Federal Government Information

Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2003

This hearing offers testimony on H.R. 760 from proponents and opponents of partial-birth abortion. 2003
Y 4.J 89/1:108/14

Scope and Myths of Roe v. Wade

The bulk of this two-volume hearing (2307 pages) is comprised of affidavits, mostly from women who've had abortions; while only 70 pages are actual testimony of witnesses.
Y 4.J 89/1 109-84/v.1 & 2

Abortion Surveillance - United States, 2002

This Center for Disease Control summary gives the number and characteristics of women who have obtained a legal induced abortion. 2005
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/ss5407a1.htm

The 25th Anniversary of Roe V. Wade: Has it stood the test of time?

This hearing discusses changes in abortion laws and tries to see if the Roe V. Wade decision is still applicable. 1998
Y4.J89/2:S. HRG 105-463

Abortion Clinics: Information on the Effectiveness of the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act (FACE) - PDF.

This report provides information on the occurrence of violence both before and after the introduction of FACE. Twenty-nine civil lawsuits involving FACE are also examined. November 1998
GA 1.13:GGD-99-2 microfiche

Trends in Pregnancies and Pregnancy Rates By Outcome: Estimates for the United States, 1976-96

A comprehensive reporting of birth, abortion, and fetal loss data by age, race, and marital status yielding data on sexual activity, contraceptive practices, infertility, and pregnancy intentions. 2000
Vital and Health Statistics Series 21, No. 56 - HE 20.6209:21/56

Effects of Anesthesia During a Partial-Birth Abortion

An exploration of whether anesthesia given before an abortion causes the death of the fetus, as abortion advocates claim, or whether antiabortion groups are correct in insisting that the fetus remains alive and sensory until the end of the procedure. 1996
Y 4.J 89/1:104/73

U.S. Funding For the U.N. Population Fund: The Effect On Women's Lives

A look at the United Nations Population Fund - the good that it does, as well as the allegations that it supports China's one-child policy. Testimony from individuals who were forced to have abortions and from those who went into hiding in order to have their children are included. 2002
Y 4.F 76/2:S.HRG.107-515

Coercive Population Control in China: New Evidence of Forced Abortion and Forced Sterilization

Testimony given at this hearing suggests that abuses are still occurring against Chinese people unwilling to comply with China's "voluntary" population control program. 2001
Y 4.IN 8/16:C 65/2

lllinois Government Information

Illinois Abortion Statistics, 1973-Current

This Illinois Department of Public Health website has both past and present abortion numbers broken down by age group, county, and marital status. 2000

Illinois Compiled Statutes

Generally, see 720 ILCS 510/1 (The Illinois Abortion Law of 1975). See also Partial Birth Abortion Ban Act, 720 ILCS 513/, and Parental Notice of Abortion Act of 1995, 750 ILCS 70/.

Legal Information

It's My Body, It's My Choice: The Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2003

This article questions the constitutionality of The Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2003, while offering both historical and current information regarding abortion rights and procedures.
Loyola University Chicago Law Journal - Vol. 35, No. 4 Summer 2004 pp. 1117-1188

"Is the Fetus a Person? A Comparison of Policies Across the Fifty States"

An examination of the inconsistencies within and across states regarding the legal status of a fetus, with an emphasis on criminal law. Significant civil law developments also are included. 2000
LEGL REF KF 481 .S37 2000

"Documentary History of the Legal Aspects of Abortion In the United States: Stenberg v. Carhart"

This 2-volume set provides a chronology of the legal development of the abortion issue, but focuses on the Stenberg v. Carhart case, in which the Supreme Court invalidated a Nebraska statute banning partial-birth abortion. All court decisions and related documents are included. 2003
LEGL REF KF 228 .S784 D63 2003 v.1-2

Validity, Construction, and Application of Statutory Restrictions on Partial-Birth Abortions

This report has a collection of cases where courts have considered the validity, construction, and application of statutes dealing with partial-birth abortion. 2000
76 ALR 5th 637

"Safety Valve Closed: The Removal of Nonviolent Outlets for Dissention and the Onset of Anti-Abortion Violence"

A look at abortion violence over the past two centuries and at the extent to which nonviolent dissention alternatives have been eliminated.
Harvard Law Review. - Vol. 113, No. 5 March 2000 pp. 1210-1227

"Partial-Birth Abortion: Should Moral Judgment Prevail Over Medical Judgment?"

This article examines the methods of abortion used in the U.S. and the history of abortion legislation. The author proposes that the Supreme Court should declare bans on partial-birth abortion unconstitutional.
Loyola University Chicago Law Journal - Vol. 31, No. 4 Summer 2000 pp. 693-736

"Injunction Junction: Enjoining Free Speech after Madsen, Schenck and Hill"

The author discusses the conflict between the rights of expression and privacy at the center of the issue of unimpeded access to abortion clinics. 2004
American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law - v.12, p.273

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