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"Forty years after the U.S. Supreme Court handed down its decision legalizing abortion, Roe v. Wade continues to make headlines. After Roe: The Lost History of the Abortion Debate cuts through the myths and misunderstandings to present a clear-eyed account of cultural and political responses to the landmark 1973 ruling in the decade that followed. The grassroots activists who shaped the discussion after Roe, Mary Ziegler shows, were far more fluid and diverse than the partisans dominating the debate today. In the early years after the decision, advocates on either side of the abortion battle…
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3 editions- Other · English · 2015Harvard University Press · 9780674286283
- Other · English · 2015After Roe : the lost history of the abortion debateHarvard University Press · 367 pages · 9780674736771
- Other · English · 2015Harvard University Press · 350 pages · 9780674286269
Pro-life movementAbortionHistoryLaw and legislationReproductive rights
