Abortion in the United States: A Conference Sponsored by the Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc. at Arden House and The New York Academy of Medicine

vii, 224 pp. CONTENTS: Introduction by M. F. Ashley Montagu; Background of Conference: Editor's Note - Participants - Committees for the Conference; Abortion in the Scandinavian Countires; Legal Aspects of Abortion in the United States; Illegal Abortion in the United States: Incidence - Methods of Used - Causes of Death; Therapeutic Abortion in the United States; Other Aspects of the Abortion Problem: Psychiatric Aspects - Sociologic Aspects; Abortion and Contraception; Final Discussion; Report of Statistics Committee; Statement; Appendixes: A. Abortion Laws in the United States; B. Birth Control Laws in the United States; C. Abortion in Japan, Germany, U.S.S.R. and Finland; D. Demographic Characterists of Females Interviewed by the Staff of the Institute for Sex Research, Compared with the Urban White Population; E. Bibliographies; Index.