Janet E. Smith, the well-known philosophy professor and writer, presents a critical look at the meaning of the "right to privacy" that has been so often employed by the Supreme Court in recent times to justify the creation of rights not found in the Constitution by any traditional method of interpreting a legal document. Smith demonstrates how such inventions have led to the legal protection of abortion, assisted suicide, homosexual acts, and more.
Janet Smith, Ph.D. is author or editor of numerous books on ethics, including Why Humanae Vitae Was Right, Living the Truth in Love (with Father Paul Check), and The Right to Privacy. She holds the Father Michael McGivney Chair of Life Ethics at Sacred Heart Major Seminary in Detroit.