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This volume offers a limited viewpoint of the complex and controversial issues associated with abortion, contraception, and sterilization in the United States. Part of Oceana's ``Legal Almanac'' series, the book's intent is to inform laypersons about these issues, but the information presented is incomplete. Some of the legal analysis is outdated; and major U.S. Supreme Court abortion decisions after the early 1980s are omitted, as are discussions of the Reagan administration's efforts to limit abortions. More than half the book consists of appendixes on selected state abortion statutes, major federal laws and regulations on sterilization and family planning services, and a model penal code. Steven Puro, Saint Louis Univ. (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.