| Edition |
First American edition. |
| Description |
1 online resource (494 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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text rdacontent |
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computer rdamedia |
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online resource rdacarrier |
| Note |
"New revelations from the justices' papers"--Jacket. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 447-468) and index. |
| Contents |
The road to Roe : inside the Supreme Court -- The road to Roe : taking abortion into the courts -- The red flags the justices ignored : the embarrassing arguments in the abortion cases -- The abrupt expansion to viability (and beyond) -- The medical myth that drove the outcome in Roe (and its continuing impact) -- The American experience the justices overlooked -- The public health vacuum the justices created -- Detrimental reliance : the international data on the risks to women -- The costs of schizophrenia -- The public is not "polarized" over abortion : what most Americans can agree on -- Has Roe solved the problems it was supposed to solve for women? -- What will happen on the day after Roe? |
| Note |
Description based on print version record. |
| Subject |
Roe, Jane, 1947-2017 -- Trials, litigation, etc.
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Wade, Henry -- Trials, litigation, etc.
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Abortion -- Government policy -- United States.
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Abortion -- Law and legislation -- United States.
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Political questions and judicial power -- United States.
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Trials (Abortion) -- United States.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Forsythe, Clarke D., 1958- Abuse of discretion : the inside story of Roe v. Wade. New York : Encounter Books, 2013 xiv, 377 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. 9781594036927 (OCoLC)827724344 (DLC) 2013003349 |
| ISBN |
9781594036927 |
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9781594036934 (electronic bk.) |
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