Stress and Political Leadership
Robert S. Robins and Robert M. Dorn 3

The American Abortion Controversy: Lessons from Cross-National Evidence
Neil Nevitte, William P. Brandon, and Lori Davis 19

Birth Technologies: Prenatal Diagnosis and Abortion Policy
John Brigham, Janet Rifkin, and Christine G. Solt 31

Polygyny in American Politics
Laura Betzig and Samantha Weber 45

From the Workplace to the Delivery Room: Protecting the Fetus in the Post-Roe Era
Karen J. Maschke 53

Physiognomic Similarity and Political Cooperation: An Exploratory Investigation
Adolf Heschl 61

COMMENTARY

North vs. South: Politics and the Biological Weapons Convention
Barbara Hatch Rosenberg 69

UPDATE

Fetal Tissue Transplantation Policy in the United States
Dorothy E. Vawter 79

CONTINUING DIALOGUE

Vaccines for Peace: An Incentive for Developing Countries
Graham S. Pearson 87

The "Vaccines for Peace" Program: Does It Really Help to Strengthen The Biological Weapons Convention?
Oliver Thränert 89

An Exceptional Window of Opportunity: Comments on "Vaccines for Peace"
Jack Woodall 91

Vaccines for Peace: A Response to Commentaries
Erhard Geissler 93

CONFERENCE REPORTS

Vaccines for Peace
Stephen S. Morse 99

Biesenthal Consensus: Biesenthal Vaccine Initiative
Consensus Statement of Conference Participants 101

TEACHING FOCUS

Teaching Biology, Policy Analysis, and Politics in a Biotechnology Policy Course
David J. Webber 105

PROFILE

The Gruter Institute for Law and Behavioral Research
Roger D. Masters 109

BOOK REVIEWS

Mother and Fetus: Changing Notions of Maternal Responsibility (Robert H. Blank)
Susan S. Mattingly 111

The Biological Roots of Human Nature: Forging Links between Evolution and Behavior (Timothy Goldsmith)
Mary Maxwell and George Maxwell 113

Regulating Death: Euthanasia and the Case of the Netherlands (Carlos F. Gomez)
Andrea L. Bonnicksen 115

Understanding Behavior: What Primate Studies Tell Us about Human Behavior (James D. Loy and Calvin B. Peters, eds.)
Paul L. Vasey 117

Toxic Politics: Responding to Chemical Disasters (Michael R. Reich)
Odelia Funke 119

Strong Medicine: The Ethical Rationing of Health Care (Paul T. Menzel)
George J. Agich 121

Coevolution: Genes, Culture, and Human Diversity (William H. Durham)
Michael T. Ghiselin 123

Risky Business: Genetic Testing and Exclusionary Practices in the Hazardous Workplace (Elaine Draper)
Marque-Luisa Miringoff 124

Evolutionary Epistemology and Its Implications for Humankind (Franz M. Wuketits)
Ullica Segerstråle 126

Views on Possible Verification Measures for the Biological Weapons Convention (S. J. Lundin)
Gordon M. Burck 129

The Dynamics of Evolution: The Punctuated Equilibrium Debate in the Natural and Social Sciences (Albert Somit and Steven Peterson, eds.)
Linda Mealey 131

Biotechnics and Society: The Rise of Industrial Genetics (Sheldon Krimsky)
Winifred Hodge 133

The Institution of War (Robert A. Hinde)
George Kocan 135

The Tragedy of Evolution: The Human Animal Confronts Modern Society (Michio Kitahara)
Laurent Dobuzinskis 137

Ethics and Epidemiology: International Guidelines (Z. Bankowski, J. H. Bryant, and J. M. Last, eds.)
Howard Hu and Sudha Kotha 139

Fertility Control: New Techniques, New Policy Issues (Robert H. Blank)
Janna Merrick 140

Exons, Introns, and Talking Genes: The Science Behind the Human Genome Project (Christopher Wills)
William D. MacDiarmid 142

RECENT BOOKS AND ARTICLES 145

NEWS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS 151

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