Intro -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Note Regarding Legal Cases and Their Designation -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Theories Explained and Methodology Used -- 3 CASE ONE: A Comparison between Indiana (1907) and Norway (1934) -- 4 CASE ONE: Legal Norm Injection Points in Indiana and Norway: the Selection of Particular Bodies -- 5 CASE TWO: Reversals of Negatiave Body-Law in the United States -- 6 CASE TWO: Reversals of Body-Law in Norway: Birth Control and Abortion -- 7 Comparisons and Conclusions -- 8 Appendices -- Selected Bibliography -- Additional Literature -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Index.

The book examines how laws on sterilization, birth control and abortion were created, by focusing on the act of legislation; how the law was driven by scientific and social norms during the first and closing decades of the 20th century in the USA (especially in the state of Indiana) and Norway. The author develops the notion of "body law" for reproductive policies and uses sociological theories to untie the various strands of social.

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