A. Interference with Belief and Conscience B. Intrusions into Family Decision-making C. Intrusions
into Medical Decision-making Page 1 ABORTION, THE UNDUE BURDEN STANDARD, AND …

It has become quite fashionable to attack the idea of a constitutional right to privacy as well
as the specific claim that a woman's decision whether or not to terminate a pregnancy falls …

For all the respect it commands, the family seems both internally embattled and a source of
contention for others outside itself. Those disturbed by this may be soothed by recalling, after …

I appreciate being invited to come here today, and it has been a lot of fun preparing,
because I will discuss some of the legal rights, some of the cases in historic context, and will …

The campaign for the Equal Rights Amendment to the United States Constitution employed
a political strategy that excluded women's access to abortion, along with other basic equality …

When Lori Driver, an anti-abortion activist, learned that Lisa Smith'was scheduled to have an
abortion the following day, Driver looked up Smith's telephone number and left her two …

I. Introduction In 1987, the Texas Supreme Court made clear in Texas State Em-ployees
Union v. Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental Retar-dation1 that the Texas …

When it comes to the nature of the Constitution's protection for freedom of choice in matters
relating to family life, there is wide agreement on perhaps only two points: first, that the …

Decisional privacy arguments-arguments premised on the value of freedom from coercive
interference with decisionmaking affecting intimate and personal affairs-are among the …

Since Roe v. Wade, I the Supreme Court has attempted to define the permissible bounds of
regulation that state legislatures may impose on an individual's right to obtain an abortion. 2 …