Abortion

by Shapiro, Ian

• ISBN13: 9780872209046
• ISBN10: 0872209040
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-03-01
• Publisher: Hackett Pub Co Inc

Summary

Updated to include the 2007 decision Gonzales v. Carhart, this volume provides all of the major Supreme Court decisions on abortion?as well as many majority, dissenting, and plurality opinions?carefully edited for use in undergraduate and graduate courses in a variety of disciplines. In his introductory essay, Shapiro sets these cases in political, historical, and philosophical context, and gives the reader a sense of what the main issues in the constitutional law of abortion are likely to be in the future.

Table of Contents

The Constitutional Law of Abortion in the United States: An Introduction
Cases
Griswold v. Connecticut (1965)	p. 1
Eisenstadt v. Baird (1972)	p. 18
Roe v. Wade (1973)	p. 22
Doe v. Bolton (1973)	p. 47
Planned Parenthood of Central Missouri v. Danforth (1976)	p. 56
Singleton v. Wulff (1976)	p. 69
Beal v. Doe (1977)	p. 73
Maher v. Roe (1977)	p. 78
Poelker v. Doe (1977)	p. 86
Colautti v. Franklin (1979)	p. 89
Bellotti v. Baird (1979)	p. 97
Harris v. McRae (1980)	p. 106
H. L. v. Matheson (1981)	p. 115
City of Akron v. Akron Center for Reproductive Health (1983)	p. 124
Planned Parenthood Association of Kansas City, Missouri v. Ashcroft (1983)	p. 143
Simopoulos v. Virginia (1983)	p. 145
Thornburgh v. American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (1986)	p. 147
Webster v. Reproductive Health Services (1989)	p. 153
Ohio v. Akron Center for Reproductive Health (1990)	p. 171
Hodgson v. Minnesota (1990)	p. 177
Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania v. Casey (1992)	p. 184
Stenberg v. Carhart (2000)	p. 236
Gonzales v. Carhart(2007)	p. 269
Index	p. 289
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