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"Abortion and Divorce in Western Law."
Harvard Univ. Press, 79 Garden St., Cambridge, Mass. 02138. 197 pp. $25.
Author: Mary Ann Glendon
Until two decades ago, most Western na-
tions imposed tight restrictions on the ter-
mination of both marriages and pregnan-
cies. Abortion was allowed only if the
mother's life was in danger; divorces were
usually granted the courts only on
grounds of "marital offenses"-cruelty,
adultery, o...