Before Roe : abortion policy in the states / Rosemary Nossiff.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nossiff, Rosemary.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Abortion--Government policy--New York (State).

Abortion.

Abortion--Government policy--Pennsylvania.

Abortion--Government policy--United States--States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (208 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Few issues in contemporary U.S> politics have remained on the public agenda so long and so divisively as abortion policy. The landmark Supreme Court decision of Roe v. Waade, which held that laws prohibiting first trimester abortions were illegal because they violated a woman's right to privacy, still generates heated controversy today, a quarter of a century after it was made. The seeds of that controversy were sown in the seven years immediately preceding Roe, when state legislatures tried to reconcile religious opposition to abortion and individuals' civil liberties.

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Reform and Opportunity; 2. Competing Discourses; 3. Gender Identity and Political Mobilization; 4. Party Politics in New York; 5. Interest-Group Politics in Pennsylvania; 6. Party, Discourse, and Policy; 7. After Roe: The Pendulum Swings Back; Conclusion; References; Index of Cases; General Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 177-187) and indexes.

ISBN:

9786613133908

9781283133906

1283133903

9781439907740

1439907749

OCLC:

708090676