The Human Body on Trial: A Handbook With Casesbook With Cases, Laws and Documents

by Curry, Lynne

• ISBN13: 9781576073490
• ISBN10: 1576073491
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-11-01
• Publisher: Abc-Clio Inc

Summary

A thorough exploration of an individual's right to bodily autonomy versus the state's power to regulate and control the bodies of its citizens.

Table of Contents

Series Foreword	vii
Preface	xi
PART ONE
Introduction	3	(26)
Constitutionalizing the Body	3	(2)
The Human Body as a Form of Property	5	(5)
The Regulatory State	10	(8)
The Right to Privacy	18	(5)
A Confusing Legacy	23	(3)
References and Further Reading	26	(3)
Historical Background	29	(22)
Medicalizing the Body	29	(4)
The Germ Theory	33	(1)
Eugenics	34	(4)
The Crusade for Birth Control	38	(5)
A Revival of Rights	43	(4)
The End of Life	47	(3)
References and Further Reading	50	(1)
Cases	51	(30)
Compulsory Vaccination: Private Rights versus Police Powers	51	(7)
Mandatory Sterilization: Eugenics on Trial	58	(7)
Contraception, Abortion, and the Right to Die: Privacy on Trial	65	(13)
Conclusion	78	(1)
References and Further Reading	79	(2)
Legacy and Impact	81	(146)
End-of-Life Issues on Trial	81	(10)
Biotechnology on Trial	91	(4)
References and Further Reading	95	(4)
PART TWO
Documents	99	(108)
Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution	99	(1)
``Anti-Vaccination Circular, Distributed during the Epidemic of Small Pox in Boston, 1901,''	99	(3)
Jacobson v. Massachusetts (1905)	102	(10)
Zucht v. King (1922)	112	(5)
Buck v. Bell (1927)	117	(7)
Skinner v. Oklahoma (1942)	124	(7)
Griswold v. Connecticut (1965)	131	(8)
Roe et al. v. Wade (1973)	139	(9)
Bowers, Attoney General of Georgia v. Hardwick, et al. (1986)	148	(5)
Webster, et al. v. Reproductive Health Services, et al. (1989)	153	(10)
Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania, et al. v. Casey (1992)	163	(18)
Cruzan v. Director, Missouri Department of Public Health (1990)	181	(9)
Washington, et al., Petitioners v. Harold Glucksberg, et al. (1997)	190	(8)
Oregon's Death with Dignity Act	198	(9)
Key People, Laws, and Concepts	207	(8)
Chronology	215	(4)
Table of Cases	219	(2)
Annotated Bibliography	221	(6)
Index	227	(10)
About the Author	237