1st Edition

The Press and Abortion, 1838–1988

By Marvin N. Olasky Copyright 1988
216 Pages
by Routledge

Originally published in 1988, The Press and Abortion, 1838–1988 looks at how abortion has been portrayed and reported on in the press over 150 years. It was hoped that an examination of abortion history as strained through the press may help us to understand more deeply the nature of the continuing warfare. The book has two subjects – abortion and the press – and its goal was to provide... Read more

Acknowledgments.  Introduction.  Part I: Abortion War One, 1838–1910  1. Madame Restell Builds a Business  2. Abortion Advances, 1840–1870  3. The New York Times Versus Abortion  4. Danger and Dollars, 1878–1898  5. Driving Abortion Underground  Part II: Spiking the Unborn Child, 1910–1965  6. Sounds of Silence  7. Greed and Corruption, 1930–1939  8. Building the Abortion Rationale  9. Heading Toward the Moon, 1950–1959  10. From Murder to Liberation  Part III: Abortion War Two, 1965–  11. The Triumph of Public Relations  12. Pulpits for Abortion, 1970–1974  13. “That No Fetus Will Be Born Alive”  14. Ideology Versus Investigation, 1978–1985  15. A Lap Dog for the Abortion Lobby.  Notes.  Index.

Biography

Dr. Marvin Olasky is editor in chief of Christianity Today and a former University of Texas journalism professor and editor in chief of World magazine. His degrees are from Yale and the University of Michigan.