Before Roe V. Wade
Voices That Shaped the Abortion Debate Before the Supreme Court's Ruling
New York : Kaplan Pub., [2010]
Format: Book
Description: xv, 335 pages : 3 illustrations ; 24 cm
Decades after the landmark Roe v. Wade decision, abortion remains a polarizing topic on America's political landscape. Blending history, culture, and law, Before Roe v. Wade explores the roots of that conflict, reconstructing the rise of the pro-choice and pro-life movements and recovering the voices that helped shape the climate that sparked the Supreme Court's 1973 decision. This perspective on the abortion debate is as relevant as ever with the prospect of imminent changes on the Supreme Court.
Contents:
Part I. Reform, repeal, religion and reaction -- [Section 1.1.] Reform -- Letter to the Society for Humane Abortion (1965) -- "Rush" procedure for going to Japan -- The lesser of two evils / by Sherri Chesen Finkbine (1966) -- Abortion: the law and the reality in 1970 / by Jane E. Hodgwon -- Dr. Hodgson's affidavit -- Statement of Dr. Hodgson's patient -- Illegal abortion as a public health problem / by Mary Steichen Calderone (1959) -- American Law Institute abortion policy (1962) -- American Medical Association policy statements (1967 and 1970) -- Clergy statement on abortion law reform and consultation service on abortion (1967) -- Abortion law reform in the United States / by Jimmye Kimmey (1969) -- "Right to choose" memorandum / by Jimmye Kimmey (1972) -- [Section 1.2.] Repeal -- National Organization for Women bill of rights (1967) -- Abortion: a woman's civil liberty / by Betty Friedan (1969) -- NARAL policy statement -- Call to women's strike for equality / by Betty Friedan (August 26, 1970) -- Speak-Out-Rage (1972) -- Feminist as anti-abortionist / by Sidney Callahan (1972) -- Black women's manifesto; double jeopardy: to be black and female / by Frances Beal (1969) -- Black women and the motherhood myth / by Bev Cole (1971) -- Zero Population Growth (1968) -- A sex counseling service for college students / by Philip M. Sarrel and Lorna J. Sarrel (1970) -- Sex and the Yale student / by the Student Committee on Human Sexuality (1970) -- [Section 1.3.] Religion -- Union for Reform Judaism, 49th General Assembly, Montreal, Quebec (November 1967) -- United Methodist Church statement of social principles (1972) -- Southern Baptist Convention resolution on abortion (1971) -- National Association of Evangelicals statement on abortion (1971) -- Humanae vitae / encyclical letter of the Supreme Pontiff Paul VI (July 29, 1968) -- Human life in our day: pastoral letter by the National Conference of Catholic Bishops (November 15, 1968) -- [Section 1.4.] Reaction -- New Jersey Catholic Bishops' letter (1970) -- Abortion in perspective / by Robert M. Byrn (1966) -- Abortion and social justice / Americans United for Life (1972) -- Similarly I will not cause abortion / by Robert D. Knapp (1970) -- New Jersey Assembly testimony (April 9, 1970) -- Handbook on abortion / by J.C. Willke and Barbara Willke (1971) -- Abortion makes strange bedfellows: GOP and GOD / by Lawrence T. King (1970) -- Part II. Conflict constitutionalized: the years before Roe -- Abortion law reform and repeal: legislative and judicial developments / by Ruth Roemer (March 1971) -- [Section 1.2.] Legislation: New York -- Everywoman's abortions: "the oppressor is man" / by Susan Brownmiller (March 27, 1969) -- Constitutional question: is there a right to abortion? / by Linda Greenhouse (January 25, 1970) -- Plaintiff's brief, Abramowicz v. Lefkowitz / by Nancy Stearns ... [et al.] (March 9, 1970) -- Memorandum of Assemblywoman Constance E. Cook (1970) -- Plaintiff-appellant's brief, Byrn v. New York City Health & Hospitals Corporation (June 2, 1972) -- Letter from President Richard Nixon to Terence Cardinal Cooke (May 16, 1972) -- Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller's veto message (May 13, 1972) -- The city politic: the case of the missing abortion lobbyists / by Hope Spencer (May 29, 1972) -- [Section 2.2.] Litigation: Connecticut -- Women vs. Connecticut: "some thoughts on strategy" (ca. February 1970) -- Women vs. Connecticut organizing pamphlet (ca. November 1970) -- Memorandum of decision, Abele v. Markle I (April 18, 1972) -- Connecticut legislative hearing testimony (May 19, 1972) -- Memorandum of decision, Abele v. Markle II (September 20, 1972) -- [Section 2.3.] Crosscurrents in the national arena, 1972 -- Plaintiff's brief, Struck v. Secretary of Defense (December 4, 1972) -- Rockefeller Commission report (1972) -- Abortion seen up to woman, doctor / by George Gallup (1972) -- Statement about the report of the Commission on Population Growth and the American Futu
ISBN:
9781607146711 (hbk.)
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
LAW Supreme Ct. Bef | Main (Downtown) | Third Level, Nonfiction | In |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-324) and index.