LibGuides: Roe v. Wade and Abortion in the U.S.: Home

Background Information

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Abortion: CQR - Will it remain legal in the U.S.? | by Jennifer Koons
Roe v. Wade At 25: CQR - Will the landmark ruling stand? | by Sarah Glazer
Abortion Post-Roe: CQR - Will women still have access? | by Holly Rosencrantz

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History of Abortion - ProCon.org
Should Abortion Be Legal? - ProCon.org

Books

Abortion and the Law in America: Roe v. Wade to the Present by Mary Ziegler
ISBN: 9781108498289
Publication Date: 2020-03-26
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.
A Women’s Right to an Abortion: Roe v. Wade by D. J. Herda
ISBN: 9780766084247
Publication Date: 2016-12-30
Abortion has long been a hot-button issue. In 1973, in the landmark case of Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court finally decided that women should be allowed to have an abortion, with some limits. This book gives the background on the case and the path the case took to make it to the Supreme Court and presents both the majority and dissenting opinions related to the case. It also takes a look at the lasting impact the case has continued to have on policies and the legal system. Also included are questions to consider, primary source documents, and a chronology of the case.
Defenders of the Unborn: The Pro-life Movement Before Roe v Wade by Daniel K. Williams
ISBN: 0199391653
Publication Date: 2016-01-01
On April 16, 1972, ten thousand people gathered in Central Park to protest New York's liberal abortion law. Emotions ran high, reflecting the nation's extreme polarization over abortion. Yet the divisions did not fall neatly along partisan or religious lines-the assembled protesters were far from a bunch of fire-breathing culture warriors. In Defenders of the Unborn, Daniel K. Williams reveals the hidden history of the pro-life movement in America, showing that a cause that many see as reactionary and anti-feminist began as a liberal crusade for human rights.
Roe v. Wade: The Abortion Rights Controversy in American History by N. E. H. Hull; Peter Charles Hoffer
ISBN: 9780700611423
Publication Date: 2001-10-01
The issue of abortion has sharply divided America. The bitter debate over Roe v. Wade - in the courts, legislatures, press and streets - has grown ever more ferocious since the Supreme Court's landmark decision in 1973. For years pro-choicers have applauded Roe as a guarantee of women's rights, while pro-lifers have condemned it as the work of an activist and atheistic Court. Now it looms at the centre of a growing political storm, as a new president, and old Court, and a divided Congress reconsider Roe's status in the wake of the controversial 2000 elections.
Roe v. Wade: United States Supreme Court by Bo Schambelan
ISBN: 9781561382026
Publication Date: 1992-07-01
"With a summary of the latest Pennsylvania case"--cover.
Includes bibliographical references.