(Source: CUP)
CUP is publishing a new book on
the history of abortion law in the United States since Roe v. Wade
ABOUT THE BOOK
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 and the Law in America illuminates an entirely different and
unexpected shift in the terms of debate. Rather than simply championing rights,
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.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Mary Ziegler, Florida State
University
Mary Ziegler is Stearns Weaver
Miller Professor at Florida State University College of Law and one of the
leading authorities on the legal history of abortion in America. She is the
author of Beyond Abortion (2018) and the award-winning After Roe (2015). She
often lends her expertise to mass media outlets across the world.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. Roe v. Wade and the rise of
rights arguments
2. The Hyde Amendment and its
aftermath
3. Launching a quest to reverse
Roe
4. Planned Parenthood v. Casey,
the family, and equal citizenship
5. Contesting the relationship
between abortion and health care
6. Partial-birth and who decides
the costs and benefits
7. Polarization, religious
liberty, and the war on women
Conclusion.
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