Abortion : the clash of absolutes /
Laurence H. Tribe.
- 298 páginas ; 21 centímetros
Incluye bibliografía.
Approaching abortion anew -- From roe to webster -- The roe opinion. Supreme court decision in the years following roe -- Political responses to the court's decision -- The webster case -- Two centuries of abortion in america -- From the revolution onward -- The role of the medical profession -- The position of the roman catholic church -- Social and demographic forces -- The early role of women's concerns -- The nineteenth-century laws -- The early twentieth century to 1950 -- The modern era: From the 1950s to the 1970s -- Two tragic episodes -- Women in themodern period -- The role of poverty, race, and population concerns -- The legislative crescendo 1967-1973 -- Reform versus repeal. Growth of the repeal Movement -- The road not taken: What if the court had not stepped in? -- Locating abortion on the world map -- Finding abortion rights in the constitution -- The equation's other side: Does it matter whether the fetus is a person? -- The politics of abortion: From a new right to the "New right" -- The politics of abortion: The pro-life advocates in power -- In Search of compromise -- Beyond the clash of Absolutes.
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Aborto--Aspectos políticos--Estados Unidos. Aborto--Legislación--Estados Unidos.