The politics of abortion: a historical perspective.
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title={The politics of abortion: a historical perspective.},
author={Michele McKeegan},
journal={Women's health issues : official publication of the Jacobs Institute of Women's Health},
year={1993},
volume={3 3},
pages={
127-31
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