Abuse of discretion : the inside story of Roe v. Wade /
Clarke D. Forsythe.
- First American edition.
- 1 online resource (494 pages) : illustrations, maps
"New revelations from the justices' papers"--Jacket.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 447-468) and index.
The road to Roe : inside the Supreme Court -- The road to Roe : taking abortion into the courts -- The red flags the justices ignored : the embarrassing arguments in the abortion cases -- The abrupt expansion to viability (and beyond) -- The medical myth that drove the outcome in Roe (and its continuing impact) -- The American experience the justices overlooked -- The public health vacuum the justices created -- Detrimental reliance : the international data on the risks to women -- The costs of schizophrenia -- The public is not "polarized" over abortion : what most Americans can agree on -- Has Roe solved the problems it was supposed to solve for women? -- What will happen on the day after Roe?
9781594036934 (ebook)
Roe, Jane, 1947- --Trials, litigation, etc. Wade, Henry--Trials, litigation, etc.
Abortion--Government policy--United States. Abortion--Law and legislation--United States. Political questions and judicial power--United States. Trials (Abortion)--United States.