Abortion: The Clash of Absolutes

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W. W. Norton & Company, 1992 - 318 pàgines

On profound questions of birth, death, and human choice that are raised by abortion where opposing sides see no common ground how can the conflict be managed? The abortion debate in the United States today involves all Americans in complex questions of sex and power, historical change, politics, advances in medicine, and competing social values. In this best-selling book, an eminent constitutional authority shows how the nation has struggled with these questions and then sets forth new approaches that reflect both sides' passionately held convictions. The paperback edition includes discussion of the latest court decisions and excerpts from the major cases, including the Supreme Court's landmark June 1992 decision in Planned Parenthood v. Casey.

 

Continguts

From Roe to Webster
10
Two Centuries of Abortion in America
27
Women in the Modern Period
39
Locating Abortion on the World Map
52
The Fate of Female Fetuses in Asia
65
Was Roe Rightly Decided?
78
The Question of Unenumerated Rights
88
Who Decides Whether to Terminate a Pregnancy?
101
Attacking the ChurchState Wall of Separation
165
PostWebster Freedom of Choice Legislation
191
Limiting the Reasons for Which Abortion Will Be Allowed
204
RU486
214
An Artificial Womb
220
Toward Common Ground
227
Exploring the Rape and Incest Exception
233
Afterword
243

Is the Fetus a Person?
115
Taking the Constitution Seriously
128
ProChoice Reaction to Roe
142
A Constitutional Convention?
150
Notes
257
Abortion Case Law
275
Index
309
Copyright

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Sobre l'autor (1992)

Laurence H. Tribe is Tyler Professor of Constitutional Law at Harvard Law School. He frequently appears on network television and National Public Radio.

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