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Roe : the history of a national obsession / Mary Ziegler.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ziegler, Mary, 1982- (author).
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Roe, Jane, 1947-2017--Trials, litigation, etc.
- Roe, Jane.
- Wade, Henry--Trials, litigation, etc.
- Wade, Henry.
- Roe, Jane, 1947-2017.
- Abortion--Law and legislation--United States--History.
- Abortion.
- Abortion--Political aspects--United States.
- Abortion--Public opinion.
- Abortion--United States--Public opinion.
- United States.
- Washington (D.C.).
- Genre:
- History.
- Trials, litigation, etc.
- Informational works.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New Haven, Connecticut : Yale University Press, [2023]
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Summary:
- "The leading U.S. expert on abortion law charts the many meanings associated with Roe v. Wade during its fifty-year history What explains the insistent pull of Roe v. Wade? Abortion law expert Mary Ziegler argues that the U.S. Supreme Court decision, which decriminalized abortion in 1973 and was overturned in 2022, had a hold on us that was not simply the result of polarized abortion politics. Rather, Roe took on meanings far beyond its original purpose of protecting the privacy of the doctor-patient relationship. It forced us to confront questions about sexual violence, judicial activism and restraint, racial justice, religious liberty, the role of science in politics, and much more. In this history of what the Supreme Court’s best-known decision has meant, Ziegler identifies the inconsistencies and unsettled issues in our abortion politics. She urges us to rediscover the nuance that has long resided where we would least expect to find it—in the meaning of Roe itself." -- Publisher's description.
- Contents:
- The making of Roe – Choice and consent – The judiciary in American Democracy – Women who have it all – Simply a scientific question – Roe and race – Religious liberty and equal treatment – Epilogue: Roe after the overruling.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- ISBN:
- 9780300271874
- 0300271875
- 0300266103
- 9780300266108
- OCLC:
- 1366102135
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