Common Law Fundamentals of the Right to Abortion

A Bernstein - Buff. L. Rev., 2015 - HeinOnline
Anyone who wants to learn how the common law regards abortion has quite the trove to go
through. 1 Unsurprising to find a volume this hefty: the common law goes back a long way, 2 …

The Tragic Failure of Roe v. Wade: Why Abortion Should Be Returned to the States

CD Forsythe, SB Presser - Tex. Rev. L. & Pol., 2005 - HeinOnline
For the past thirty-three years, the United States Supreme Court has acted as the national
abortion control board, making it difficult for states to exercise effective authority to regulate …

Responsibility for life: how abortion serves women's Interests in motherhood

PJ Smith - JL & Pol'y, 2008 - HeinOnline
A. Why We" Cover" Motherhood.................................... 145 B. Emphasizing the Aspects of
Abortion that Serve M otherhood.............................................................. 152 C. Articulating How …

Life in the balance: judicial review of abortion regulations

KM Bridges - UCDL Rev., 2012 - HeinOnline
Since the Supreme Court's decision in Roe v. Wade,'which famously held that a woman
enjoyed a fundamental right to terminate a pregnancy, many scholars have been …

Abortion Law-An English Perspective

A Grubb - NML Rev., 1990 - HeinOnline
Abortion is an issue that divides many societies—perhaps most societies. 1 It is certainly, in
my experience in the United States, the most divisive issue in American society today. 2 …

Many Realities, Many Words: Abortion and the Struggle Over Meaning

I Marcus - 1990 - HeinOnline
In 1973, shortly after Roe v. Wade was decided, I recall waxing eloquent on the wisdom of
that decision at a conference of feminist lawyers and law students." True, it did not give …

A Survey of the Present Statutory and Case Law on Abortion: The Contradictions and the Problems

JA Knecht - U. Ill. LF, 1972 - HeinOnline
The law regulating abortion is one of the most complex and widely discussed issues of our
time. Literature on the subject is widespread and the increase in law review articles over the …

Raising Our Standards: Rethinking the Supreme Court's Abortion Jurisprudence

EC Duckworth - Mo. L. Rev., 2016 - HeinOnline
The controversy regarding abortion rights in the United States is perhaps the single most
polarizing and heated domestic issue facing our nation today. According to the most recent …

The Right to Abortion: Anomalous, Absolute, and Ripe for Reversal

J Bopp Jr, RE Coleson - BYU J. Pub. L., 1989 - HeinOnline
On January 22, 1973, the United States Supreme Court handed down its opinion in Roe v.
Wade. 1 The seven-member majority seemed confident it had authoritatively resolved the …

Therapeutic Abortion Laws Need Therapy

M Trout - Temp. LQ, 1963 - HeinOnline
Much has been said and printed about abortions and the laws dealing with abortions in the
past several years, 1 and much needs yet to be said. Entire books have been written …