| Description |
1 online resource (151 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color). |
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Teen rights and freedoms |
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Gale eBooks
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Teen rights and freedoms.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
1. Laws prohibiting birth control have gradually been eliminated -- 2. Contraceptive use in the United States / Guttmacher Institute -- 3. The right to privacy protects marital use of birth control : the Supreme Court's decision / William O. Douglas -- 4. The right to privacy in contraception extends to unmarried individuals : the Supreme Court's decision / William J. Brennan Jr. -- 5. The right to privacy protects a woman's right to choose abortion : the Supreme Court's decision / Harry Blackmun -- 6. It is a violation of minors' right to privacy to restrict access to contraceptives : the Supreme Court's decision / William J. Brennan Jr. -- 7. States may require parental consent for abortion if an alternative is available : the Supreme Court's decision / Lewis F. Powell Jr. -- 8. Parental involvement laws for abortion protect minors and parents / Mary E. Harned -- 9. Obstacles to abortion, contraception, and sex education endanger teens / Center for Reproductive Rights -- 10. Teens should get abstinence education, not contraception information / Mary Frances Boyle -- 11. Abstinence-only education violates minors' constitutional rights / Hazel Glenn Beh and Milton Diamond -- 12. Schools for contraception / Rich Lowry -- 13. An educator recounts his fight for privacy in contraceptive use : personal narrative / Bill Baird -- 14. The fight for access to birth control continues today / Jonathan D. Moreno and Frances Kissling -- 15. Birth-control mandate : unconstitutional and illegal / David B. Rivkin Jr. and Edward Whelan -- 16. The birth control pill should be available over the counter / Jessica Sheehy. |
| Summary |
Examines a broad range of perceived or actual legal rights and freedoms that impact the lives of young American teens. This volume focuses on birth control and the use of contraceptive devices among women in the United States. |
| Subject |
Birth control.
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Teenagers -- Sexual behavior.
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Sex instruction.
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| Added Author |
Merino, Noel, editor of compilation.
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Gale (Firm)
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Birth control. Detroit : Greenhaven Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning, 2014 9780737769944 (DLC) 2013035642 |
| ISBN |
9780737770711 (electronic book) |
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9780737769944 (hardback) |
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0737769947 |
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