Roe v. Wade : the abortion rights controversy in American history /

"Few Supreme Court decisions have stirred up as much controversy, vitriolic debate, and even violence as the one delivered in Roe v. Wade in 1973. Almost five decades later, it remains a touchstone for the culture wars in the United States and a pivot upon which much of our politics turns. N.E....

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Hull, N. E. H., 1949- (Author)
Other Authors: Hoffer, Peter Charles
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lawrence, Kansas : University Press of Kansas, [2021]
Edition:Third updated edition.
Series:Landmark law cases & American society.
Subjects:
Roe, Jane, > 1947-2017 > Trials, litigation, etc.
Wade, Henry > Trials, litigation, etc.
Roe, Jane, > 1947-2017
Wade, Henry
Trials (Abortion) > Washington (D.C.)
Abortion > Law and legislation > United States > History.
Procès (Avortement) > Washington (D.C.)
Abortion > Law and legislation
Trials (Abortion)
United States
Washington (D.C.)
History
Trials, litigation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Abortion becomes a crime, 1800-1900
  • Abortion and birth control, 1900-1965
  • From repression to reform, the road to Roe, 1960-1970
  • The decision in Roe, 1971-1973
  • Roe under siege, 1973-1988
  • The two Roes, 1989-1992
  • Roe in the Clinton years, 1993-2000
  • The abortion rights controversy in the Bush era
  • The Roberts Court confronts abortion
  • A phantom menace?
  • The twilight of Roe?

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