Title:
Reproductive rights and the state : getting the birth control, RU-486, morning-after pills and the Gardasil vaccine to the U.S. market / Melissa Haussman.
Author:
Haussman, Melissa, 1959-
Publication Information:
Santa Barbara, Calif. : Praeger, ©2013.
Call Number:
HQ766.5 .U5 H387 2013
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ISBN:
9780313398223
9780313398230
Series:
Reproductive rights and policy
Reproductive rights and policy.
Physical Description:
xi, 184 pages ; 24 cm.
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Contents:
Introduction -- History of the FDA and drug regulation in the US -- The development of the pill -- U.S. pro-choice and pro-life groups' strategies since 1960 -- Problems with Mifepristone (RU 486) and Misoprostol (Cytotec), 1988-2000 -- The "Morning after pill," Plan B levonorgestrel formulation -- Reverse lobbying for Gardasil -- Conclusion -- why a feminist historical institutionalist lens is important.
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