Product Description: This series provides readers with the information they need to think critically about the worldwide implications of global issues; each volume focuses on a controversial topic of worldwide importance and offers a panoramic view of opinions...read more

Since 2006, when the “morning-after pill” Plan B was first sold over the counter, sales of emergency contraceptives have soared, becoming an $80-million industry in the United States and throughout the Western world. But emergency contraception is nothing new. It has a long and often contentious history as the subject of clashes not only between medical researchers and religious groups, but also between different factions of feminist health advocates.The Morning After tells the story of emergency contraception in America from the 1960s to the present day and, more importantly, it tells the story of the women who have used it. Side-stepping simplistic readings of these women as either radical feminist trailblazers or guinea pigs for the pharmaceutical industry, medical historian Heather Munro Prescott offers a portrait of how ordinary women participated in the development and popularization of emergency contraception, bringing a groundbreaking technology into the mainstream with the potential to alter radically reproductive health practices.

Product Description: Issues surrounding birth control and its use by teenagers are explored from a variety of perspectives.

Argues that the fundamentalist movement to end abortion actually does the opposite since this 'anti-sex' Christian right campaign also includes opposition to birth control, sex education, and the over-the-counter sale of 'Plan B,' an emergency contraceptive pill.

'This work addresses Sanger's ideas concerning birth control, eugenics, population control, and sterilization against the backdrop of the larger eugenic context'--Provided by publisher.

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A powerful, thought-provoking indictment of America's continuing assault on the reproductive rights of black women ranges from the era of slavery to the welfare reform acts of the 1990s that penalize women on welfare for having babies. Reprint. 15,000 first printing.

Ideal for use in industrial training seminars, this well-illustrated and exceptionally lucid guide to fluid power technology strikes just the right balance between theory and application, providing both conceptual and practical information needed by today's technicians and technologists to succeed in the field. Emphasizes the inherent simplicity of fluid power systems and their underlying principles of operation and develops each topic logically, with careful attention to fine details. First shows 'how' and 'why' fluid behaves in a particular manner; next, makes abstract concepts concrete by demonstrating how this behavior is evidenced in situations already familiar to readers, then; extends concepts to new conditions and applications. Offers an adaptable approach to mathematics, making readers at ease no matter what their skill level. Offers many useful learning tools, including safety sidebars, suggested activities (over 60% new to this edition) exercises and problems (30% new), and end-of-chapter questions (many new). Now adds a section on 'Using Computers' to its introductory chapter. (view table of contents)

From the condom to the 'morning after pill,' a comprehensive handbook contains reliable, detailed information about contraceptive options, explaining how each method works, how reliable it is, and its benefits and risks. Original. 15,000 first printing. (view table of contents)

Traces the life of the social reformer, from her battles over censorship of sexual information to the founding of the National Birth Control League

Product Description: Men are often the forgotten part of the family planning equation. This comprehensive collection of articles from the peer-reviewed journal Family Planning Perspectives (published between 1987 and 1995) addresses this gap, bringing together nearly a decade of extensive research and analysis on male reproductive health and behavior...read more

Product Description: The topic of adolescent pregnancy and childbearing encompasses issues related to sexual activity, development and parenting, each with its own consequences. This volume integrates these issues by examining research from diverse perspectives: the authors discuss the biological, sociocultural and interpersonal forces that impinge on adolescents...read more

Product Description: Unplanned teenage pregnancy is one of the most challenging problems facing society today. To meet this challenge, a number of programmes designed to prevent unplanned pregnancies among adolescents have been launched. But which ones are the most successful? In this volume, researchers, evaluators and programme directors collectively examine the best designed and most extensively evaluated adolescent pregnancy prevention programmes...read more