List of Plates < > < > < > < > < >vii < > < > < >Preface < > < >ix < > < > < > < > < >Towards a Cultural History of Abortion < > < > < > < > < >1(25) < > < > < > < >Historical perspectives < > < > < > < > < >8(11) < > < > < > < >Cultures of abortion in Weimar Germany < > < > < > < > < >19(7) < > < > < > < >Cultural Representation: Abortion on Stage, Screen and in Fiction < > < > < > < > < >26(38) < > < > < > < >Abortion in the movies < > < > < > < > < >31(9) < > < > < > < >The novel Gilgi and the female reader and spectator < > < > < > < > < >40(2) < > < > < > < >Socialist plays and novels < > < > < > < > < >42(11) < > < > < > < >Abortion pathologized < > < > < > < > < >53(11) < > < > < > < >Medical Termination of Pregnancy: Theory and Practice < > < > < > < > < >64(30) < > < > < > < >The case of Dr Hartmann < > < > < > < > < >67(3) < > < > < > < >Abortion in the medical discourse < > < > < > < > < >70(1) < > < > < > < >Divided opinion within the medical profession < > < > < > < > <