Online: Gale Virtual Reference Library [CSUF only]

Abortion in the United States: a reference handbook (2008)
REFERENCE  HQ767.5.U5 M3727 2008

Abortion Decisions of the Supreme Court, 1973 through 1989: A Comprehensive Review with Historical Commentary
5th FL SOUTH  KF3771.A7 D78 1990 CATALOG RECORD 

Corpus Juris Secundum
REFERENCE KF105 C62 Vol. 1 pages 309-328 (see also pocket part in back of volume) CATALOG RECORD

Encyclopedia of Social Issues 
REFERENCE  HN57 .E59 1997 Vol. 1-6 CATALOG RECORD

Encyclopedia of the U.S. Supreme Court (2001)
REFERENCE  KF8742.A35 E53 2001 see page  CATALOG RECORD

Great American Court Cases 
REFERENCE  KF385.A4 G68 1999 Vol. 1-4 CATALOG RECORD

Historical and Multicultural Encyclopedia of Women's Reproductive Rights in the United States (2002)
REFERENCE HQ766.5.U5 H57 2002 CATALOG RECORD

Legal Atlas of the United States 
REFERENCE  KF387 .F35 1997 CATALOG RECORD

National Survey of State Laws (all 50 states) (2003)
REFERENCE KF386 .N38 2003 (see page 307-338) CATALOG RECORD

Online: Oxford Dictionary of Philosophy
     Search: abortion

Oxford Guide to United States Supreme Court Decisions
Print: REFERENCE  KF4548 .O97 1999 CATALOG RECORD
Online: Oxford Guide to United States Supreme Court Decisions [CSUF only]

Online: Opposing Viewpoints [CSUF only]

Online: Oxford Reference Online [CSUF only]
     Search: abortion rights

Practical Companion to the Constitution: How the Supreme Court Has Ruled on Issues from Abortion to Zoning
REFERENCE  KF4548 .L54 1999 CATALOG RECORD

Pros and  Cons: Social Policy Debates of Our Time (2001)
REFERENCE  HN59.2 .K56 2001 CATALOG RECORD

Statistical Portrait of the United States: Social Conditions and Trends 
3RD FLOOR NORTH:  DOCS DESK C 3.134/2:SO 4/2002, page 95 CATALOG RECORD

West's Encyclopedia of American Law, Volume 1, pages 10-21 and pages 313-399 ["Abortion: Roe v. Wade (Milestones in the Law)"].
REFERENCE  KF154 .W47 1998 Volume 1

• Recent report: Estimated Pregnancy Rates by Outcome for the United States, 1990-2004 (April 14, 2008) PDF-26 pages (National Vital Statistics Reports)
• Recent report: Abortions Decline Worldwide
• Recent reports: Guttmacher Institute: Abortion
• Recent reports: Guttmacher Institute: Abortion Statistics
• Public opinion: Pragmatic Americans Liberal and Conservative on Social Issues (2006)
• Background & statistics: Abortion Surveillance, 2002 (2006) [MMWR]
• Background & overview: U.S. Pregnancy Rate Down from Peak; Births and Abortions on the Decline (2003)
• Basic statistics: Statistical Abstract of the United States [U.S. and state-level statistics including race/ethnicity] In 2007 edition, see Tables 96-97 HTML

• Historical review: Three Decades of Legal Abortion: New Research and Analysis (2003)

• "Abortion Rate Lowest Since '74: The decline continues a 20-year trend. New contraceptive options, increased use of 'morning-after' pill are cited as likely reasons." Los Angeles Times, July 15, 2003. For full text, search Los Angeles Times by Article Title.

• Patterns in the Socioeconomic Characteristics of Women Obtaining Abortions in 2000-2001 (2002) (scholarly journal article) PDF-10 pages

• Trends in Pregnancies and Pregnancy Rates by Outcome: Estimates for the U.S. 1976-96 CATALOG RECORD & LINK TO FULL TEXT
• Deaths from Unsafe Abortions [WHO]
• Legalized Abortion and Crime [1999 Stanford Study] (print copy in DOCS DESK crate file) PDF-60 pages
• Medical and Social Health Benefits Since Abortion Was Made Legal in the U.S. [Planned Parenthood]
• Public opinion surveys: Public Agenda: Abortion
• Public opinion surveys: Public Opinion Report: Abortion
• Country data: Rates of Birth, Abortion, and Pregnancy in Developed Countries (2000)    Note: Scroll down to tables.
• Country data: Unplanned Pregnancy...Worldwide
• Country data: Induced Abortion Worldwide

• Statistical Abstract of the United States [U.S. and state-level statistics including race/ethnicity] In 2007 edition, see Tables 96-97 HTML CATALOG RECORD
• Trends in Pregnancies and Pregnancy Rates by Outcome: Estimates for the U.S. 1976-96 CATALOG RECORD & LINK TO FULL TEXT
• Health, United States CATALOG RECORD | Internet Version—See Table 16 and Table 17
• State Abortion Laws: A Survey
• Trends in the Well-Being of America's Children and Youth (annual)
  • Print: DOCS DESK  HE 1.63:2003 CATALOG RECORD
  • Online: 2003 Internet Version
• Medi-Cal Funded Induced Abortions [annual] CATALOG RECORD
• Health Data Summaries for California Counties CATALOG RECORD
• Abortion in California: 1968-1976 CATALOG RECORD
• Abortion Policies: A Global View CATALOG RECORD

• The Abortion Rights Controversy in America: A Legal Reader (2004) CATALOG RECORD
• Abortion Policy and Politics (2002)
• West's Encyclopedia of American Law, Volume 1, pages 10-21 and pages 313-399 ["Abortion: Roe v. Wade (Milestones in the Law)"]. REFERENCE  KF154 .W47 1998 Volume 1
• World Abortion Policies CATALOG RECORD
• Stenberg v. Carhart (Supreme Court opinion decided June 2000) 530 U.S. 914
• Abortion Decisions of the Supreme Court, 1973 through 1989: A Comprehensive Review with Historical Commentary REFERENCE  KF3771.A7 D78 1990 CATALOG RECORD 
• Corpus Juris Secundum REFERENCE KF105 C62 Vol. 1 pages 309-328 (see also pocket part in back of volume) CATALOG RECORD
• Countries' laws: World's Abortion Laws (September 2004)

To find articles, search Pollak Library's subscription databases. The links below will take you to a list of relevant databases.

Databases--Statistics
Databases--Pro & Con
Databases--Scholarly Journals
Databases--Newspapers
Databases--Government Sources

Articles of Note     top

•  Abortion Surveillance, 2002 (2006) [MMWR]
• "Abortion Debates," March 21, 2003, available in CQ Researcher.
• "Roe V. Wade at 25," November 18, 1997, available in CQ Researcher.
•  "Pro-Choice Advocates Can't Relax: Supreme Court ruling on privacy rights may do little to shield abortion rights from attacks by Bush administration"  [George Bush's actions on reproductive rights],  Los Angeles Times, July 11, 2003. For full text, search Los Angeles Times by Article Title.
• "Abortion Rate Lowest Since '74: The decline continues a 20-year trend. New contraceptive options, increased use of 'morning-after' pill are cited as likely reasons." Los Angeles Times, Jan 15, 2003. For full text, search Los Angeles Times by Article Title.

• Statistics: Statistical Abstract of the United States [U.S. and state-level statistics including race/ethnicity] In 2007 edition, see Tables 96-97 HTML  | CATALOG RECORD
• Statistics: Medical-Funded Induced Abortions, 2000 [county-level statistics] CATALOG RECORD
• Statistics: Trends in Abortion in California 1973-2000 PDF-4 pages
• State laws: State Facts About Abortion (all 50 states) (2002)
• Laws: National Survey of State Laws (all 50 states) (2003) REFERENCE KF386 .N38 2003 (see page 307-338) CATALOG RECORD
• Laws: Legal Atlas of the United States [see page 39] CATALOG RECORD
• Teenagers' Pregnancy Intentions and Decisions: A Study of Young Women in California Choosing to Give Birth [discussion and statistics] (1999)
• Crimes Against Reproductive Rights in California (2002)
• Pregnancy Intentions and Outcomes: California [Alan Guttmacher Institute] (1998)
• State-Specific Birth Rates for Teenagers--United States, 1990-1996
  Print: MMWR, September 12, 1997. DOCS/US  HE 20.7009:46/36 page 837
• Abortion in California: 1968-1976 CATALOG RECORD