 | Roe V. Wade: The Abortion Rights Controversy in American History (Landmark Law Cases and American Society)
By Peter Charles Hoffer
ISBN: 9780700611430
Published: 2001
Number of Pages: 312
Edition: 2nd
Binding: Paperback |
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Publisher: Univ Pr of Kansas
Description: Abortion. In a sharply divided America is there a more divisive issue? The bitter debate over Roe v. Wade--in the courts, legislatures, press, and streets--has grown ever more ferocious since the Supreme Court's landmark decision in 1973. For years pro-choicers have applauded Roe as a guarantee of women's rights, while pro-lifers have condemned it as the work of an activist and atheistic Court. Now it looms at the center of a growing political storm, as a new president, an old Court, and a divided Congress reconsider Roe's status in the wake of the controversial 2000 elections. Anyone looking for a concise, balanced, readable, teachable, current, and complete guide to the case need search no further than this new volume by N. E. H. Hull and Peter Charles Hoffer. Giving due respect to both sides of the conflict, the authors effectively trace and analyze the core debates, examine the case's unique history, clarify the jurisprudence behind the Court's ruling, and gauge its impact on American society. Of special note is their revealing account of how the Court attempted to steer a middle course by rejecting both abortion on demand and the absolute right to life and yet, in the end, wound up igniting a firestorm of protest instead. Unlike other accounts of Roe, this one examines the complete social and legal context of the case. Hull and Hoffer review more than a century of abortion practice (and abuse), common-law views on abortion, nineteenth-century criminalization measures, and the rapid changes in science, public mores, and civil rights that finally brought the issue before the Supreme Court. They also trace abortion law through the twentieth century, reprise the 1965 case of Griswold v. Connecticut, in which the Supreme Court overturned a state law against contraceptives, and reexamine the highly publicized attempts to reverse Roe in Webster v. Reproductive Services (1989) and Casey v. Planned Parenthood (1992). All of the key actors are here: Norma McCorvey, the "Jane Roe" who never actually had the abortion she originally sought; attorney Sarah Weddington, who challenged Texas law by drawing on her own abortion experience; lobbyists on both sides of the question; and each of the Supreme Court justices. This is a book that can inform and enlighten those on either side of the debate, as well as all of those in between. This book is part of the Landmark Law Cases and American Society series. |
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KF'228'R59'H85'2001 - Item number:
H85 2001Dewey Decimal Classification Number
- Edition number:
21 - Classification number:
342.73/084Main Entry - Personal Name
- Personal name:
Hull, N. E. H., - Dates associated with a name:
1949-Title Statement
- Title:
Roe v. Wade : - Remainder of title:
the abortion rights controversy in American history / - Statement of responsibility, etc.:
N. E. H. Hull and Peter Charles Hoffer. - Statement of responsibility, etc.:
N.E.H. Hull and Peter Charles Hoffer - Statement of responsibility, etc.:
N.E.H. Hull and Peter Charles Hoffer.Varying Form of Title
- Title proper/short title:
Roe versus Wade - Title proper/short title:
Roe versus Wade. - Title proper/short title:
Ros vs WadePublication, Distribution, etc. (Imprint)
- Place of publication, distribution, etc.:
Lawrence, Kan. : - Place of publication, distribution, etc.:
Lawrence, KS : - Name of publisher, distribution, etc.:
University Press of Kansas, - Date of publication, distribution, etc.:
2001. - Date of publication, distribution, etc.:
c2001 - Date of publication, distribution, etc.:
c2001.Physical Description
- Extent:
315 p. : - Extent:
xi, 315 p. - Extent:
xi, 315 p. : - Extent:
xi, 315 p. ; - Other physical details:
ill. ; - Dimensions:
21 cm - Dimensions:
21 cm. - Dimensions:
22 cm.Series Statement/Added Entry - Title:
Landmark law cases & American society:
Landmark law cases & American society.Series Statement:
Landmark law cases & American society:
Landmark law cases & American society.Bibliography, etc. Note
- Bibliography:
Bibliogr. - Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 287-297) and index - Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 287-297) and index. - Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references and index - Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references and index.Formatted Contents Note:
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 -- Epilogue : Roe in the Clinton years, 1993-2000.:
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 -- Epilogue: Roe in the Clinton years, 1993-2000 -- Conclusion: the never-ending story -- Chronology:
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 -- Epilogue: Roe in the Clinton years, 1993-2000 -- Conclusion: the never-ending story -- Chronology.:
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 -- Epilogue, Roe in the Clinton years, 1993-2000 -- Conclusion, The never-ending story.Summary, etc.:
Giving due respect to both sides of the conflict, the authors effectively trace and analyze the core debates, examine the case's unique history, clarify the jurisprudence behind the Court's ruling, and gauge its impact on American society. Of special note is their revealing account of how the Court attempted to steer a middle course by rejecting both abortion on demand and the absolute right to life and yet, in the end, wound up igniting a firestorm of protest instead. Unlike other accounts of Roe, this one examines the complete social and legal context of the case. Hull and Hoffer review more than a century of abortion practice (and abuse), common-law views on abortion, nineteenth-century criminalization measures, and the rapid changes in science, public mores, and civil rights that finally brought the issue before the Supreme Court. They also trace abortion law through the twentieth century, reprise the 1965 case of Griswold v. Connecticut, in which the Supreme Court overturned a state law against contraceptives, and reexamine the highly publicized attempts to reverse Roe in Webster v. Reproductive Services (1989) and Casey v. Planned Parenthood (1992).:
Giving due respect to both sides of the conflict, the authors effectively trace and analyze the core debates, examine the case's unique history, clarify the jurisprudence behind the Court's ruling, and gauge its impact on American society. Of special note is their revealing account of how the Court attempted to steer a middle course by rejecting both abortion on demand and the absolute right to life and yet, in the end, wound up igniting a firestorm of protest instead. Unlike other accounts of Roe, this one examines the complete social and legal context of the case. Hull and Hoffer review more than a century of abortion practice (and abuse), common-law views on abortion, nineteenth-century criminalization measures, and the rapid changes in science, public mores, and civil rights that finally brought the issue before the Supreme Court. They also trace abortion law through the twentieth century, reprise the 1965 case of Griswold v. Connecticut, in which the Supreme Court overturned a state law against contraceptives, and reexamine the highly publicized attempts to reverse Roe in Webster v. Reproductive Services (1989) and Casey v. Planned Parenthood (1992).Local Notes:
1Subject Added Entry - Personal Name
- Personal name:
Roe, Jane, - Personal name:
Wade, Henry - Personal name:
Wade, Henry. - Dates associated with a name:
1947- - Form subdivision:
Proc�es, instances, etc. - Form subdivision:
Trials, litigation, etc - Form subdivision:
Trials, litigation, etc. - General subdivision:
Proc�es, instances, etc. - General subdivision:
Trials, litigation, etc - General subdivision:
Trials, litigation, etc.Subject Added Entry - Topical Term
- Topical term or geographic name entry element:
Abortion - Topical term or geographic name entry element:
Avortement - Topical term or geographic name entry element:
Proc�es (Avortement) - Topical term or geographic name entry element:
Trials (Abortion) - General subdivision:
Droit - General subdivision:
Histoire. - General subdivision:
History - General subdivision:
History. - General subdivision:
Law and legislation - Geographic subdivision:
�Etats-Unis - Geographic subdivision:
United States - Geographic subdivision:
Washington (D.C.) - Geographic subdivision:
Washington (D.C.).Added Entry - Personal Name
- Personal name:
Hoffer, Peter Charles, - Dates associated with a name:
1944-Series Added Entry - Uniform Title
- Uniform title:
Landmark law cases & American society.
