Abortion, Contragestion, and the Resuscitation of Roe v. Wade

The Center for Judicial Studies is the only educational and public policy organization in the United States that focuses exclusively on the problem of judicial activism. It seeks to confine the power of the federal judiciary to the bounds envisioned by the Framers of the Constitution. The Center's brief was signed by fifty-six members of Congress who were concerned that Roe v. Wade “has expanded federal judicial powers into areas that are within the rightful legislative domain of Congress and the states.”

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Webster and the Fundamental Right to Make Medical Decisions

American Journal of Law & Medicine ◽

10.1017/s0098858800012156 ◽

1989 ◽

Vol 15 (2-3) ◽

pp. 184-188

Author(s):

David Orentlicher

Keyword(s):

Health Care ◽

Health Care Professionals ◽

The State ◽

Medical Decisions ◽

Fetal Health ◽

Religious Issues ◽

Roe V Wade

The interest of the eight major organizations of health care professionals was not in debating the philosophical, ethical, moral or religious issues surrounding abortion. The members of the organizations differ on how to balance the woman's privacy right against the state's interests in maternal and fetal health, and in particular about whether the state has a compelling interest in fetal health before viability. Given the diversity of views, the brief neither endorsed nor opposed the Supreme Court's holding in Roe v. Wade that the state's interest in fetal health becomes compelling at viability.

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Roe v. Wade and the History of Abortion Regulation

American Journal of Law & Medicine ◽

10.1017/s0098858800012223 ◽

1989 ◽

Vol 15 (2-3) ◽

pp. 227-233 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Paul Benjamin Linton

Keyword(s):

Supreme Court ◽

Personal Privacy ◽

Personal Liberty ◽

Personal Rights ◽

The Supreme Court ◽

Right Of Privacy ◽

History Of ◽

The Right Of Privacy ◽

The Right ◽

Roe V Wade

In Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court held that “[the] right of privacy … founded in the Fourteenth Amendment's concept of personal liberty … is broad enough to encompass a woman's decision whether or not to terminate her pregnancy.” The Court acknowledged that “[t]he Constitution does not explicitly mention any right of privacy.” Nevertheless, the Court held that a “right of personal privacy, or a guarantee of certain areas or zones of privacy, does exist under the Constitution.” However, “only personal rights that can be deemed ‘fundamental’ or ‘implicit in the concept of ordered liberty,’ … are included in this guarantee of personal privacy.”

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David Garrow, Liberty and Sexuality: The Right to Privacy and the Making of Roe v. Wade, 1923–1973, New York: Macmillan, 1994. Pp. 981. $28.00 (ISBN 0-02-542755-5).

Law and History Review ◽

10.2307/743874 ◽

1995 ◽

Vol 13 (2) ◽

pp. 433-437

Author(s):

Robin West

Keyword(s):

New York ◽

Right To Privacy ◽

The Right To Privacy ◽

The Right ◽

Roe V Wade

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Wake Up Little Susie: Single Pregnancy and Race before Roe v. Wade.

The American Historical Review ◽

10.2307/2166389 ◽

1993 ◽

Vol 98 (1) ◽

pp. 125

Author(s):

Allan M. Brandt ◽

Rickie Solinger

Keyword(s):

Roe V Wade

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Brief for 885 Law Professors in Support of Maintaining Adherence to the Roe Decision

American Journal of Law & Medicine ◽

10.1017/s009885880001217x ◽

1989 ◽

Vol 15 (2-3) ◽

pp. 197-203

Author(s):

Frank I. Michelman ◽

Norman Redlich ◽

Stephen R. Neuwirth ◽

Denise Carty-Bennia

Keyword(s):

The Right ◽

Roe V Wade ◽

Constitutional Jurisprudence ◽

Law Professors

The mission of this brief was not only to oppose the outright over-ruling of Roe v. Wade. It was further to resist any weakening of the protective doctrine surrounding Roe's central holding that would allow states to eviscerate the right that Roe recognized. Because the brief was written on behalf of nearly 900 law professors, we consulted widely among our constituency, drawing heavily on the scholarship developed since Roe. We relied on extensive work by our colleagues supporting Roe's holding, reasoning and legitimate place in constitutional jurisprudence.

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