Abortion in America : a legal history from Roe to the present /
Ziegler, Mary, 1982-
Abortion in America : a legal history from Roe to the present / Mary Ziegler. - xvii, 312 pages ; 24 cm.
Includes index.
"With the Supreme Court likely to reverse Roe v. Wade, the landmark abortion decision, American debate appears fixated on clashing rights. The first comprehensive legal history of a vital period, Abortion in America illuminates an entirely different and unexpected shift in the terms of debate. Rather than simply championing rights, Mary Ziegler shows, 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"--
9781108735599
2019038337
Roe, Jane, 1947-2017 --Trials, litigation, etc.
Wade, Henry--Trials, litigation, etc.
Abortion--Law and legislation--History.--United States
Trials (Abortion)--Washington (D.C.)
KF3771 / Z66a 2020
342.7308/4
Abortion in America : a legal history from Roe to the present / Mary Ziegler. - xvii, 312 pages ; 24 cm.
Includes index.
"With the Supreme Court likely to reverse Roe v. Wade, the landmark abortion decision, American debate appears fixated on clashing rights. The first comprehensive legal history of a vital period, Abortion in America illuminates an entirely different and unexpected shift in the terms of debate. Rather than simply championing rights, Mary Ziegler shows, 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"--
9781108735599
2019038337
Roe, Jane, 1947-2017 --Trials, litigation, etc.
Wade, Henry--Trials, litigation, etc.
Abortion--Law and legislation--History.--United States
Trials (Abortion)--Washington (D.C.)
KF3771 / Z66a 2020
342.7308/4