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The racket : how abortion became legal in Australia / Gideon Haigh.

By: Copyright date: © 2008Description: 245 pages ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780522855784 (pbk.) :
Other title:
  • How abortion became legal in Australia
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 363.460994 22
Online resources:
Contents:
Summary: A generation ago in Australia abortion was a crime. It was also the basis of one of the country's most lucrative and longest-lasting criminal rackets. Gideon Haigh brings to life the story of corruption in high places and human suffering in low, of murder, suicide, courtoom drama, political machinations and abortionists themselves.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book Jessie Street National Women's Library General Stacks 363.460994 HAI (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available for reference in the library and ILL 90229

Includes index.

Bibliography: pages228-236.

Machine derived contents note: 'The girl is killed and I will be hanged' 11 -- 'I won't be alive in the morning' 25 -- 'Not a fit subject for debate' 40 -- 'That old bastard, he knew' 51 -- 'It's not what you say; it's what we say you say' 66 -- 'Boys in a man's world' 82 -- 'She was only dangerous at times' 94 -- 'Hell, we all do it ' 109 -- 'The b-b-better man won' 124 -- 'I don't think it has anything to do with you' 138 -- 'Look here Doctor, I might have to arrest you' 149 -- 'Didn't you know they were so close to you?' 164 -- 'I don't know whether to shoot myself' 180 -- 'See you in hell, sweetie' 196 -- Epilogue:'The choice for me' 212 -- Acknowledgements 226 -- Bibliography 228.

A generation ago in Australia abortion was a crime. It was also the basis of one of the country's most lucrative and longest-lasting criminal rackets. Gideon Haigh brings to life the story of corruption in high places and human suffering in low, of murder, suicide, courtoom drama, political machinations and abortionists themselves.

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