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Whether in France, Scotland, Germany or Italy, abortion controls have always sprung from wider panics around social change--whether times of war, revolution and economic upheaval, or patriarchal anxiety about women's growing independence. As restrictions tighten once more, this vividly illuminating history reminds us that such repression never endures.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":51248667230481,"sku":"GOR014207312","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ LIKE_NEW \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":51291668381969,"sku":"GOR014218295","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ GARDNERS","offer_id":52111281750289,"sku":"NGR9781805262756","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":52781239697681,"sku":"GOR014619888","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1805262750.jpg?v=1751411320"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/en-gb\/collections\/author-books-by-mary-fissell.oembed","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}