{"product_id":"9781616192679","title":"Criminal Abortion: Its Nature, Its Evidence and Its Law","description":"Containing both medical and legal perspectives, Criminal Abortion is an important document from the early decades of the anti-abortion crusade. Dr. Storer led the medical campaign against abortion during the second half of the nineteenth century. His efforts were supported by Heard, a notable jurist and legal scholar. The motivations for both men were primarily racist, xenophobic and sexist. They were horrified by declining birthrates among Americans of Anglo-Saxon ancestry and the influx of immigrants, many of them non-white, Catholic and Jewish. In their minds abortion in the non-immigrant community, which they attributed to modern fashion and feminism, was leading to \"race suicide\" and a country overtaken by \"inferior races.\"\u003cp\u003e\"The legal portion of the work will probably be of the greatest practical use. This seems to be a very full and thorough collection of all the statutes and cases of value relating to the subject.\" --3 American Law Review 149 1868\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHORATIO R. STORER [1830-1922] received his M.D. from Harvard Medical School in 1853. He specialized in gynecology in his Boston medical practice. Well-known as an anti-abortion advocate, he published widely in medical journals and wrote several popular pamphlets against abortion, including Why Not? A Book for Every Woman (1866) and Is it I? A Book for Every Man (1867). From 1865-1867 he was professor of obstetrics and medical jurisprudence at Berkshire Medical Institution and received his LL.B. from Harvard Law School in 1868.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFRANKLIN FISKE HEARD [1825-1889] was a Boston lawyer and coauthor, with John William Wallace of the fourth edition of The Reporters (1882). He was the author of The Principles of Criminal Pleading (1879), Shakespeare as a Lawyer (1883) and other titles.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Lawbook Exchange","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47041957265648,"sku":"9781616192679","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781616192679_p0.jpg?v=1763849111","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781616192679","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}