Abuse of Discretion: The Inside Story of Roe V. Wade
Language: English
Published by Encounter Books, New York and London, 2013
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477 pages. Comments of Stephen B. Presser on the back cover: "The Supreme Court's creation of a constitutional right to abortion in the Roe v. Wade case is widely acknowledge to be completely indefensible a a matter of constitutional law. In this fine book, Clarke Forsythe, one of our finest constitutional scholars writing on abortion jurisprudence, explores not only the legal weaknesses of Roe and its progeny but also the astonishing medical and public policy errors on which the decision was based. This is a landmark work on abortion, the Constitution, and the Supreme Court.".
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- Title
- Abuse of Discretion: The Inside Story of Roe V. Wade
- Author
- Forsythe, Clarke D.
- Publisher
- Encounter Books, New York and London
- Publication year
- 2013
- Condition
- Very Good
- Dust jacket
- Very Good
- Book Type
- Judicial Activism--Roe V. Wade
- Binding
- Hard Cover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1594036926
- ISBN 13
- 9781594036927
- Edition
- 1st Ed.
The first half of the book looks at the mistakes made by the Justices, based on the case files, the oral arguments, and the Justices' papers. The second half of the book critically examines the unintended consequences of the abortion decisions in law, politics, and women's health.
Why do the abortion decisions remain so controversial after almost 40 years, despite more than 50,000,000 abortions, numerous presidential elections, and a complete turnover in the Justices? Why did such a sweeping decision--with such important consequences for public health, producing such prolonged political turmoil--come from the Supreme Court in 1973?
Answering those questions is the aim of this book. The controversy over the abortion decisions has hardly subsided, and the reasons why are to be found in the Justices' deliberations in 1971-1972 that resulted in the unprecedented decision they issued.
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