Speech Topics on Public Policy Issues

Abortion and Reproductive Rights

Key Print Resources

CQ Researcher
A weekly publication that covers current policy issues and gives you references to key resources.

Specific CQ Researcher reports focusing on aspects of this topic:
(Please note: The links below will only work if you are accessing this page from an on-campus location--Off-campus users will need to use the global URL listed above, and then search for the individual report)

Birth Control Debate (06/24/2005)
Abortion Debates (03/21/2003)

Abortion : a Reference Handbook. (Contemporary World Issues series)
Contains an overview of abortion issues, chronology of key events, statistics, and citations to other print resources.

Abortion(Opposing Viewpoints)

Indexes to Journals and Newspapers

Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center
Provides research and background information on social issues. The database contains the essays from the Opposing Viewpoints series, supplemented by, statistics, primary documents, links to websites, and full-text magazine and newspaper articles.

ProQuest
Provides access to summaries of articles from over 5,000 publications, including many periodicals, newspapers, and business sources.

LexisNexis Academic
A full-text database containing newspapers, transcripts, magazines, and case law materials.

Selected Internet Resources