Before Roe v. Wade : voices that shaped the abortion debate before the Supreme Court's ruling / edited by Linda Greenhouse and Reva Siegel.
2010
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Title
Before Roe v. Wade : voices that shaped the abortion debate before the Supreme Court's ruling / edited by Linda Greenhouse and Reva Siegel.
Published
New York : Kaplan Pub., [2010]
Copyright
©2010
Call Number
KF3771 .B44 2010
ISBN
9781607146711 (hbk.)
1607146711 (hbk.)
1607146711 (hbk.)
Description
xv, 333 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
System Control No.
(OCoLC)495780685
Summary
"The Supreme Court's 1973 decision in Roe v. Wade declared that the Constitution protected decisions regarding abortion--but the debate was far from over, continuing to be a political battleground to this day. In the decades since the case was decided, the American debate on abortion has moved away from the issues that the justices confronted more than three decades ago. Bringing to light key documents that illuminate the case and its political context, Before Roe v. Wade looks back and recaptures how the arguments for and against abortion took shape as claims about the meaning of the Constitution--and about how the nation could best honor its commitment to dignity, liberty, equality, and life"--Cover, p. 2.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-324) and index.
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Table of Contents
Foreword
ix
pt. I
Reform, Repeal, Religion and Reaction
1
Introduction
3
Reform
7
Letter to the Society for Humane Abortion
7
"Rush" Procedure for Going to Japan
8
The Lesser of Two Evils by Sherri Chessen Finkbine
11
Abortion: The Law and the Reality in 1970 / Jane E. Hodgson
19
Dr. Hodgson's Affidavit
21
Statement of Dr. Hodgson's Patient
22
Illegal Abortion as a Public Health Problem / Mary Steichen Calderone
22
American Law Institute Abortion Policy, 1962
24
American Medical Association Policy Statements, 1967 and 1970
25
Clergy Consultation Service Statement
29
Abortion Law Reform in the United States by Jimmye Kimmey
31
"Right to Choose" Memorandum by Jimmye Kimmey
33
Repeal
35
National Organization for Women, Bill of Rights
36
Abortion: A Woman's Civil Right by Betty Friedan
38
NARAL Policy Statement
40
Call to Women's Strike for Equality by Betty Friedan
41
"Speak-Out-Rage"
45
Feminist as Anti-Abortionist by Sidney Callahan
46
Black Women's Manifesto by Frances Beal
49
Black Women and the Motherhood Myth by Bev Cole
52
Zero Population Growth
55
A Sex Counseling Service for College Students / Lorna J. Sarrel
58
Sex and the Yale Student by the Student Committee on Human Sexuality
63
Religion
69
Union for Reform Judaism, 1967
69
United Methodist Church, Statement of Social Principles, 1972
70
Southern Baptist Convention, Resolution on Abortion, 1971
71
National Association of Evangelicals, Statement on Abortion, 1971
72
Catholic Church Statement: Humanae Vitae, 1968
73
Catholic Church Statement: Human Life in Our Day, 1968
77
Reaction
81
New Jersey Catholic Bishops' Letter
81
Abortion in Perspective by Robert M. Byrn
86
Abortion and Social Justice (Americans United for Life)
88
Similarly, I Will Not...Cause Abortion / Robert D. Knapp
94
New Jersey Assembly Testimony
97
Handbook on Abortion / Barbara Willke
99
Abortion Makes Strange Bedfellows: GOP and GOD / Lawrence T. King
113
pt. II
Conflict Constitutionalized: The Years Before Roe
117
Introduction
119
Abortion Law Reform and Repeal: Legislative and Judicial Developments by Ruth Roemer
121
Legislation: New York
127
Everywoman's Abortions: "The Oppressor Is Man" / Susan Brownmiller
127
Constitutional Question: Is There a Right to Abortion? / Linda Greenhouse
130
Plaintiffs' Brief, Abramowicz v. Lefkowitz
140
Memorandum of Assemblywoman Constance E. Cook
147
Plaintiff-Appellant's Brief, Byrn v. New York City Health & Hospitals Corporation
150
Letter from President Nixon to Cardinal Cooke
157
Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller's Veto Message
158
The City Politic: The Case of the Missing Abortion Lobbyists by Hope Spencer
160
Litigation: Connecticut
163
Women vs. Connecticut Thoughts on Strategy
163
Women vs. Connecticut Organizing Pamphlet
167
Memorandum of Decision, Abele v. Markle I
177
Connecticut Legislative Hearing Testimony
184
Memorandum of Decision, Abele v. Markle II
191
Crosscurrents in the National Arena, 1972
197
Plaintiff's Brief, Struck v. Secretary of Defense
198
Rockefeller Commission Report
201
Abortion Seen Up to Woman, Doctor by George Gallup
207
Statement About the Report of the Commission on Population Growth and the American Future
210
Swing to Right Seen Among Catholics, Jews by Louis Cassels
212
Assault Book by Patrick Buchanan
215
Women's Libbers Do NOT Speak for Us by Phyllis Schlafly
218
pt. III
Speaking to the Court
221
Roe v. Wade in Context
224
A Changing Landscape
226
Argument and Decision
228
Brief for Appellants Jane Roe et al
230
Brief for Appellee Henry Wade
239
Announcing the Decision
245
AFTERWORD
253
APPENDIX: Briefs Filed by "Friends of the Court" (Amici Curiae)
263
For Jane Roe: Medical Brief
263
For Jane Roe: Public Health and Poverty Brief
269
For Jane Roe: "New Women Lawyers" Brief
273
For Jane Roe: Planned Parenthood Brief
282
For Jane Roe: Liberal Religious Brief
284
For Jane Roe: California Committee to Legalize Abortion Brief
286
For Henry Wade: Americans United for Life Brief
292
For Henry Wade: Dissenting Obstetricians' Brief
294
For Henry Wade: National Right to Life Committee Brief
297
For Henry Wade: Women's Brief
304
Acknowledgments
307
Sources And Suggested Reading
309
Index
325
About The Authors
335