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Abortion Alarums

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Abstract

The legalization of abortion in the United States has generated a sequence of alarums among health professionals. New information gathered over the past decade has shown that most of these anxieties were not justified and some have already been replaced by others.

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  1. 120 East 90th Street, 10128, New York, NY, USA

    Sara L. Tietze

  2. The Alan Guttmacher Institute, 11 Fifth avenue, 10003-1089, New York, NY, USA

    Richard Lincoln

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    Sarah L. Tietze

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    Richard Lincoln

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Tietze, S.L., Lincoln, R. (1987). Abortion Alarums. In: Tietze, S.L., Lincoln, R. (eds) Fertility Regulation and the Public Health. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-4702-9_14

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