The Abortion Rights Controversy in America

by Hull, N. E. H.; Hoffer, William James; Hoffer, Peter Charles

• ISBN13: 9780807828731
• ISBN10: 0807828734
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-09-01
• Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Pr

Summary

Beginning with the introduction of abortion law in the nineteenth century, this reader includes important documents from nearly two hundred years of debate over abortion. These legal briefs, oral arguments, court opinions, newspaper reports, opinion pieces, and contemporary essays are introduced with headnotes that place them in historical context. Chapters cover the birth control movement, changes in abortion law in the 1960s, Roe v. Wade, the Hyde Amendment and the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act, state and federal regulation of abortion practices, and the freedom of speech cases surrounding anti-abortion clinic protests. The first section of each chapter sets the stage and explains the choice of documents.This rich, balanced collection is an indispensable reference tool for the study of one of the most passionate debates in American history. It brings together the writings of doctors, lawyers, scientists, philosophers, elected officials, judges, and scholars as few other legal readers do, and it is essential reading for those engaged in the ongoing debate about abortion law in the United States.

Table of Contents

Introduction	1	(9)
Abortion Becomes a Crime	10	(29)
``Address to the Seneca Falls Convention'' (1848)	14	(1)
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Tenth Annual Report of the Board of Education Together with the Tenth Annual Report of the Secretary of the Board (1847)	15	(2)
Horace Mann
``French Lunar Pills'' advertisement, Boston Daily Times (1845)	17	(1)
Connecticut General Statutes, Title 22 (1821)	17	(1)
Commonwealth v. Parker (1845)	18	(2)
Why Not?: A Book for Every Woman (1868)	20	(5)
Horatio Storer
People v. Van Zile (1894)	25	(2)
Tonnahill v. State (1919)	27	(2)
An Act for the Suppression of Trade in, and Circulation of, Obscene Literature and Articles of Immoral Use (1873)	29	(2)
Bates v. U.S. (1881)	31	(3)
Bours v. U.S. (1915)	34	(5)
Birth Control and the Abortion Law Reform Movement	39	(46)
``On American Motherhood'' (1905)	41	(1)
Theodore Roosevelt
``Has the Small Family Become an American Ideal?'' (1904)	42	(3)
Lydia Kingsmill Commander
``The Birth Rate of College Women'' (1917)	45	(2)
Roswell H. Johnson
``This Question of Birth Control'' (1929)	47	(3)
Dorothy Dunbar Bromley
Autobiography (1938)	50	(9)
Margaret Sanger
``Some Objections to Birth Control Considered'' (1926)	59	(3)
Norman Thomas
``Up to the Doctors'' (1925)	62	(1)
Birth Control Laws (1926)	63	(3)
Mary Ware Dennett
``Abortions in the U.S.A.'' (1936)	66	(2)
U.S. v. One Package (1936)	68	(1)
``Abortion and the Public Health'' (1938)	69	(4)
Rigine K. Stix
Dorothy G. Wiehl
American Law Institute, Model Penal Code, section 230.3, Abortion (1962)	73	(2)
Georgia Sessions Laws, no. 130 (1876)	75	(1)
Revised Criminal Code of Georgia, chapter 26-12, Abortion (1968)	75	(3)
opinion in Griswold v. Connecticut (1965)	78	(2)
William O. Douglas
opinion in Griswold	80	(5)
Arthur Goldberg
The ``Right'' to an Abortion	85	(39)
Now, ``Statement of Purpose'' (1966)	87	(1)
The Feminine Mystique (1962)	88	(1)
Betty Friedan
Unbought and Unbossed (1970)	89	(1)
Shirley Chisholm
Texas Penal Code, Title 15, chapter 9 (1970)	90	(1)
Redman v. State (1955)	91	(3)
``Federal Constitutional Limitations on the Enforcement and Administration of State Abortion Statutes'' (1968)	94	(7)
Roy Lucas
Roe v. Wade (1970)	101	(4)
Appellants' brief in Roe (1971)	105	(7)
Appellees' brief in Roe	112	(5)
California Committee to Legalize Abortion et al. brief in Roe	117	(4)
Americans United for Life brief in Roe	121	(3)
Roe v. Wade before the High Court	124	(41)
oral argument in Roe v. Wade (1971)	125	(8)
Sarah Weddington
oral argument on behalf of appellee in Roe	133	(4)
Jay Floyd
A Question of Choice (1992)	137	(1)
Sarah Weddington
oral argument in Roe (1972)	138	(7)
Sarah Weddington
Robert Flowers
The Supreme Court in Conference, 1940-1985 (2001), December 16, 1971, and October 13, 1972, conferences	145	(5)
AMA House of Delegates, Proceedings (1970)	150	(1)
opinion in Roe (1973)	151	(6)
Harry Blackmun
opinion in Roe	157	(2)
William Rehnquist
opinion in Doe v. Bolton (1973)	159	(4)
Harry Blackmun
opinion in Doe	163	(2)
Byron White
Regulating and Funding Abortions	165	(41)
``The Wages of Crying Wolf: A Comment on Roe v. Wade'' (1973)	167	(4)
John Hart Ely
``Some Thoughts on Autonomy and Equality in Relation to Roe v. Wade'' (1985)	171	(3)
Ruth Bader Ginsberg
``An Act relating to Abortion with Penalty Provisions and Emergency Clause'' (1974)	174	(3)
opinion in Planned Parenthood of Central Missouri v. Danforth (1976)	177	(3)
Harry Blackmun
opinion in Danforth	180	(2)
Byron White
``The Hyde Amendment'' (1976)	182	(5)
opinion in Harris v. McRae (1980)	187	(3)
Potter Stewart
Thurgood Marshall, and John Paul Stevens, opinions in Harris	190	(3)
William Brennan
Akron (Ohio) Ordinance no. 160-1978	193	(1)
opinion in Akron v. Reproductive Health (1983)	194	(4)
Lewis Powell
opinion in Akron	198	(2)
Sandra Day O'Connor
opinion in Thornburgh v. College of Obstetricians (1986)	200	(2)
Harry Blackmun
opinion in Thornburgh	202	(4)
Byron White
Nineteen Eighty-Nine: A Year of Decision	206	(41)
Brief of Catholics for a Free Choice et al. in Webster v. Reproductive Health Services (1989)	210	(2)
Brief of Feminists for Life of America et al. in Webster	212	(4)
Brief of members of Congress in support of appellees in Webster	216	(1)
Brief of members of Congress in support of appellants in Webster	217	(3)
opinion in Webster	220	(3)
William Rehnquist
opinion in Webster	223	(1)
Sandra Day O'Connor
opinion in Webster	224	(2)
Antonin Scalia
opinion in Webster	226	(2)
Harry Blackmun
opinion in Webster	228	(2)
John Paul Stevens
``Abortion and the G.O.P.'' (1989)	230	(2)
Tom Wicker
``The Abortion Dilemma: The Pols Shift with the Wind as the Abortion Fight Evolves'' (1989)	232	(2)
Elaine Ciulla Kamarck
``Voters Firmly in Middle on Key Abortion Issues'' (1989)	234	(3)
Barbara Brotman
``Taking Stock of the Struggle: Abortion--An American Divide'' (1989)	237	(10)
Eileen McNamara
Regulation and Controversy in the Post-Webster Era	247	(44)
opinion in Planned Parenthood v. Casey (1992)	250	(3)
Anthony Kennedy
opinion in Casey	253	(3)
David Souter
opinion in Casey	256	(3)
Sandra Day O'Connor
opinion in Casey	259	(2)
Harry Blackmun
opinion in Casey	261	(1)
William Rehnquist
opinion in Casey	262	(3)
Antonin Scalia
``Neutrality in Constitutional Law'' (1992)	265	(4)
Cass Sunstein
``When Equal Protection Fails: How the Equal Protection Justification for Abortion Undercuts the Struggle for Equality in the Workplace'' (2002)	269	(3)
Kristina M. Mentone
``Through the Looking Glass: What Abortion Teaches Us about American Politics'' (1994)	272	(4)
Neal Devins
opinion in Stenberg v. Carhart (2000)	276	(5)
Stephen Breyer
opinion in Stenberg	281	(1)
Sandra Day O'Connor
opinion in Stenberg	282	(1)
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
opinion in Stenberg	283	(3)
Antonin Scalia
opinion in Stenberg	286	(5)
Anthony Kennedy
Freedom of Speech versus Free Access to Clinics	291	(41)
opinion in Bray v. Alexandria Women's Health Clinic (1993)	295	(2)
Antonin Scalia
opinion in Bray	297	(1)
David Souter
opinion in Bray	298	(3)
John Paul Stevens
opinion in NOW v. Scheidler (1994)	301	(2)
William Rehnquist
Opening statements, Hearings before the Subcommittee on Crime and Criminal Justice of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, April 1, 1993 (1994)	303	(17)
Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act (1994)	320	(3)
opinion in Madsen v. Women's Health Center (1994)	323	(5)
William Rehnquist
opinion in Madsen	328	(4)
Antonin Scalia
Conclusion	332	(9)
Recommended Reading	341