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Anthony, Ted. "At the Movies: 'The Cider House Rules.'" Rev. of The Cider House Rules, dir. Lasse Hallstrom. Associated Press 23 December 1999.

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Baker, Peter. “Obama Reverses Rule on U.S. Abortion Aid.” New York Times 24 Jan. 2009.

“Behind the Abortion Decline.” New York Times 26 Jan. 2008.

Belluck, Pam. “The Right to be a Father (or Not)” New York Times 6 Nov. 2005.

Berardinelli, James. “Top 10 of 1999,” Rev. of The Cider House Rules, dir. Lasse Halstrom. Reelviews.net 1999. http://www.reelviews.net/movies/c/cider.html

Boonin, David. A Defense of Abortion. Boulder: U of Colorado P, 2003.

Booth, Alison. "Neo-Victorian Self-Help, or Cider House Rules." American Literary History 14. 2 (2002): 284-310.

Bradley, Craig M. "Abortion: A Mixed and Unsettled Legacy." The Rehnquist Legacy. New York: Cambridge UP, 2006.

Bruce, David. Rev. of The Cider House Rules, dir. Lasse Hallstrom. HollywoodJesus.com 22 February 2000. http://www.hollywoodjesus.com/cider_house.htm

Buckley, Cara, and Lee, Jennifer. “For Privacy’s Sake, Risking Do-It-Yourself Abortion.” New York Times 5 Jan. 2009. Also “The Abortion Choices of Poor Women” â€" letters to the editor regarding the above article. New York Times 12 Jan. 2009.

Buckley, William F. "Cheering on the survivors at the Oscars." Human Life Review. 26.2-3 (2000): 135-36.

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"The Cider House Rules brought to the stage at the Victory Gardens Theatre in Chicago" http://www.oakparkjournal.com/TheaterReviews/Victory-Gardens-2003-FamousDoor-CiderHouse.html

Clark, Mike. "'Cider House': Slim Pickings John Irving's Novel Makes an Unfruitful Leap to the Screen." Rev. of The Cider House Rules, dir. Lasse Hallstrom. USA Today 10 December 1999: 17E.

Conner-Sax, Kiersten. “My Life as an Orphan: a Review of The Cider House Rules,” dir. Lasse Halstrom. Newenglandfilm.com January 2000. http://www.newenglandfilm.com/news/archives/00january/ciderhouse.htm

Corliss, Richard. Rev. of The Cider House Rules, dir. Lasse Halstrom. Time December 1999. http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,992828,00.html

D'Acci, Julie. "Leading up to Roe v. Wade: Television Documentaries in the Abortion Debate." Television, History, and American Culture: Feminist Critical Essays. Ed. Lauren Rabinovitz. Durham: Duke UP, 1999.

Davis, Evan. “Pregnancy, Abortion, and the Movies: A Look Back at 2007.” http://evandav.blogspot.com/2008/02/pregnancy-abortion-movies-look-back-at.html

Davis, Todd F. "Saints, Sinners and the Dickensian Novel: The Ethics of Storytelling in John Irving's The Cider House Rules." John Irving. Ed. Harold Bloom. Philadelphia: Chelsea House, 2001.

Davis, Tom. "Planned Parenthood and the Clergy Consultation Service on Abortion, 1967-1973" and "The Post-Roe Era, 1973-1992." Sacred Work: Planned Parenthood and its Clergy Alliances. New Brunswick: Rutgers UP, 2005.

DeMott, Benjamin. "Guilt and Compassion." New York Times 26 May 1985: 7.1.

Dreher, Rod. "'Cider House's' Abortion: Right vs. What Works." Rev. of The Cider House Rules, by John Irving. Christian Science Monitor 7 Feb. 2000: 11.

Eclipse of Reason

Engstrom, Janet L., and Ramona G. Hunter. "Teaching Reproductive Options Through the Use of Fiction: The Cider House Rules Project." Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic, and Neonatal Nursing 36.5 (2007): 464.

Eval. of The Cider House Rules, dir. Lasse Hallstrom. FilmValues December 2000. http://www.filmvalues.com/Review.cfm?RecordID=758

Faux, Marian. Roe V. Wade: The Untold Story of the Landmark Supreme Court Decision that Made Abortion Legal. New York: MacMillan Publishing Company, 1988.

Fisch, Audrey. "Abortion at the Movies: 'Cider House' Fails Where 'High Fidelity' Rules." Rev. of The Cider House Rules, dir. Lasse Hallstrom. Salon.com 15 May 2000. http://archive.salon.com/mwt/feature/2000/05/15/abortion/

Fisch, Audrey. “Abortion at the Movies.” http://archive.salon.com/mwt/feature/2000/05/15/abortion/index.html

George, Robert P., and Patrick Lee. "Abortion." Body-Self Dualism in Contemporary Ethics and Politics. New York: Cambridge UP, 2008.

Gianna Jessen.com http://www.giannajessen.com/

Graham, Bob. "Dickens' Spirit Guides 'Cider House.'" Rev. of The Cider House Rules, dir. Lasse Hallstrom. San Francisco Chronicle 17 December 1999. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/1999/12/17/DD24871.DTL

Greene, Ray. Rev. of The Cider House Rules, dir. Lasse Hallstrom. Reel.com 1999. http://www.reel.com/movie.asp?MID=128195&buy=open&Tab=reviews&CID=13

Hammond, Bill. “Abortion Bill is a Bitter Pill.” [New York] Daily News 26 Feb. 2008.

Harter, Carol C., and James R. Thompson. John Irving. Boston: Twayne, 1986.

Head, Tom. "Pro-Life vs. Pro-Choice." http://civilliberty.about.com/od/abortion/tp/Pro-Life-vs-Pro-Choice.htm

Hull, N.E.H., and Peter Charles Hoffer. Roe v. Wade: The Abortion Rights Controversy in American History. Lawrence: UP of Kansas, 2001.

Hull, N.E.H., and Peter Charles Hoffer. The Abortion Rights Controversy in America: A Legal Reader. Chapel Hill: U of North Carolina P, 2004.

Hulse, Carl. “Senate Outlaws Injury to Fetus During a Crime.” New York Times 26 March 2004.

Irons, Peter. "The Raw Eyes of Human Existence: The Issue of Abortion" and "The Values We Share with a Wider Civilization." A People’s History of the Supreme Court: The Men and Women Whose Cases and Decisions Have Shaped Our Constitution. New York: Penguin, 2006.

Irving, John. My Movie Business: A Memoir. New York: Random House: 1999.

Irving, John. "My Dinner at the White House." Trying to Save Piggy Sneed. New York: Arcade, 1996.

Irving, John. The Cider House Rules: A Novel. New York: Morrow, 1985.

Karnick, S.T. “Abortion Going out of Fashion in Movies, Society.” http://stkarnick.com/blog2/2008/01/abortion_going_out_of_fashion.html

Knowles, Dana. Rev. of The Cider House Rules, dir. Lasse Hallstrom. AboutFilm.com December 1999. http://www.aboutfilm.com/movies/c/ciderhouserules.htm

Koloze, Jeff, and Anne Gardiner. An Ethical Analysis of the Portrayal of Abortion in American Fiction: Dreiser, Hemingway, Faulkner, Dos Passos, Brautigan, and Irving. Lewiston: Mellen, 2005.

Koloze, Jeff. "Cinematic Treatment of Abortion: Alfie (1965) and The Cider House Rules (1999)." Proceedings of the Sixteenth University Faculty for Life Conference at Villanova University 2006 . Ed. S. J. Koterski et.al. Washington: University Faculty for Life, 2007. http://www.lifeissues.net/writers/kol/kol_21cinematic1.html

Kushner, Eve. “Go Forth and Multiply: Abortion in Hollywood Movies of the 90s.” http://www.brightlightsfilm.com/29/abortion1.html

Lake of Fire. Dir. Tony Kaye. Anonymous Content, 2006.

Lasse Hallstrom http://www.lassehallstrom.com/

Lewis, Jone Johnson. "Roe v. Wade Supreme Court Decision." http://womenshistory.about.com/od/abortionuslegal/p/roe_v_wade.htm

Loudermilk, Kim A. Fictional Feminism: How American Bestsellers Affect the Movement for Women's Equality. New York: Routledge, 2003.

MacGibbon, Heather. "The Abortion Narrative in American Film: 1900-2000." Diss, New York University, 2008.

McCorvey, Norma, and Andy Meisler. I Am Roe: My Life, Roe V. Wade, and Freedom of Choice. San Francisco: Harpercollins, 1994.

McFadden, Maria. "The Cider House Rules--not!" Human Life Review 26.2-3 (Spring 2000): 124.

McNellis, Paul W. "Abortion as a Sacramental Moment?" America 1 April 2000: 16-18.

Mellow, Nicole. “The Political Resurrection of the Bible Belt: Religion, Modernization, and the Intensification of Abortion Politics.” The State of Discussion: Regional Sources of Modern American Partisanship. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins UP, 2008.

Meyerson, Ben. “Anti-Abortion Marchers Hope Obama’s Listening; Protesters in Washington Criticize the President’s Policies on the Anniversary of Roe v. Wade.” Los Angeles Times 23 Jan. 2009.

Michniewicz, Margaret. “A Conversation with Novelist John Irving.” http://www.vermontwoman.com/articles/1105/john_irving.shtml

Millar, Jeff. Rev. of The Cider House Rules, dir. Lasse Hallstrom. Houston Chronicle December 1999. http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/life/main/407109.html

Mohr, Nicole. “John Irving’s Cider House Rules â€" The Book Versus the Movie.” AC Associated Content: Arts and Entertainment, May 30, 2006. http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/30739/john_irvings_the_cider_house_rules_pg3.html?cat=38

Mosher, Steven. "The Abortion Rules." Human Life Review 26. 2-3 (2000): 137-46.

Murray, Noel. Rev. of The Cider House Rules, dir. Lasse Hallstrom. Nashville Scene 17 January 2000. http://www.filmvault.com/filmvault/nash/c/ciderhouserulesth1.html

National Abortion Federation http://www.prochoice.org/

Null, Christopher. Rev. of The Cider House Rules, dir. Lasse Halstrom. Filmcritic.com 1999. http://www.filmcritic.com/misc/emporium.nsf/reviews/The-Cider-House-Rules

Paris, Ginette. The Sacrament of Abortion. Trans. Joanna Mott. Dallas: Spring Publications, 1992. Trans. of L'Enfant, l'Amour, la Mort. Quebec: Editions Nuits Blanches, 1990.

Parnell, Peter. The Cider House Rules: Adapted by Peter Parnell from the novel by John Irving. New York: Dramatists Play Service, 2001.

Pernick, Martin S. The Black Stork: Eugenics and the Death of "Defective" Babies in American Medicine and Motion Pictures Since 1915. New York: Oxford UP, 1996.

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Political Punch -- ABC News -- Sept 16, 2008. http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2008/09/anti-abortion-5.html

Prizer, John. "An Attractive Cider House Built on Moral Quicksand." Rev. of The Cider House Rules, dir. Lasse Hallstrom. National Catholic Register 9-15 January 2000. http://www.prolife.com/CiderHouseRules.html

Rev. of The Cider House Rules, dir. Lasse Hallstrom. Childcare Action Project: Christian Analysis of American Culture 2 March 2000. http://www.capalert.com/capreports/ciderhouserules.htm

Rickey, Carrie. "“The A-Word is Absent.” Philadelphia Inquirer. November 2007.

Rockwood, Bruce L. "Abortion Stories: Uncivil Discourse and 'Cider House Rules.'" Law and Literature Perspectives. New York: Peter Lang, 1996.

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Thomas, Kevin. Rev. of The Cider House Rules, dir. Lasse Hallstrom. Los Angeles Times 10 December 1999. http://www.calendarlive.com/movies/reviews/cl-movie000406-100.story

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Waibel, Amanda. "Fate and Free Will in The Cider House Rules: Novel to Hollywood." Literature/Film Quarterly 32.1 (2004): 20-25.

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