Abortion and the law in America : Roe v. Wade to the present / Mary Ziegler.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ziegler, Mary, 1982- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Wade, Henry.

Roe, Jane, 1947-2017.

Abortion--Law and legislation--United States--History.

Abortion.

Roe, Jane, 1947-2017--Trials, litigation, etc.

Roe, Jane.

Wade, Henry--Trials, litigation, etc.

Trials (Abortion)--Washington (D.C.).

Trials (Abortion).

Abortion--Law and legislation.

History.

Washington (D.C.).

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvii, 312 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2020.

System Details:

text file

PDF

Summary:

With the Supreme Court likely to reverse Roe volume Wade, the landmark abortion decision, American debate appears fixated on clashing rights. The first comprehensive legal history of a vital period, Abortion and the Law in America illuminates an entirely different and unexpected shift in the terms of debate. Rather than simply championing rights, those on opposing sides battled about the policy costs and benefits of abortion and laws restricting it. This mostly unknown turn deepened polarization in ways many have missed. Never abandoning their constitutional demands, pro-choice and pro-life advocates increasingly disagreed about the basic facts. Drawing on unexplored records and interviews with key participants, Ziegler complicates the view that the Supreme Court is responsible for the escalation of the conflict. A gripping account of social-movement divides and crucial legal strategies, this book delivers a definitive recent history of an issue that transforms American law and politics to this day.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 28 Feb 2020).

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Print version:

ISBN:

9781108653138

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.