The law giveth : legal aspects of the abortion controversy, Barbara Milbauer in collaboration with Bert N. Obrentz

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The law giveth : legal aspects of the abortion controversy, Barbara Milbauer in collaboration with Bert N. Obrentz

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legal aspects of the abortion controversy

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Barbara Milbauer in collaboration with Bert N. Obrentz

Instantiates

• The law giveth : legal aspects of the abortion controversy

Publication

• New York, Atheneum, 1983

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 329-354) and index

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Contents

Before Roe v. Wade; the story of Jane Roe and other women -- Jane Roe challenges the Texas abortion law; Mary Doe and other state challenges -- The Supreme Court: Roe v. Wade and Doe v. Bolton; Griswold as the forerunner of the abortion decisions -- Sex discrimination, poverty, and suspect classes; testing the level of scrutiny ; the concept of burdens ; Danforth and Bellotti as the first efforts to limit Roe and Doe; the questions of viability and consent -- Medicaid, public funding for abortions and other health services; the advent of the Hyde amendments; the court's philosophy on public aid; entitlements and what they mean; appropriations and the separation of powers -- The history: the first antiabortion laws; medicine in the nineteenth century; doctors speak out; sociological, economic, and religious factors; Anthony Comstock and Madame Restell; Margaret Sanger's crusade -- Carey and the sale of contraceptives to minors; fundamental rights and undue burdens; the state's legitimate interest; minors and reproductive rights -- Pregnancy and equal protection; Beal, Maher, and Poelker, the triumvirate of funding cases; poverty is not a suspect class; the state's preference versus the woman's preference, a balancing of interests; psychological aspects of the abortion decision: the importance of the right to choose; "zones of privacy" and the doctor-patient relationship; the meaning of normal childbirth and the right to life -- Viability: what it means and who decides; new abortion control laws -- Bellotti II: the state's interest in the protection of minors; parental consent and judicial bypass -- Harris v. McRae, another fight for Medicaid funding for abortions; the lower court trial: medical testimony on pregnancy-related health problems and the effect of the Hyde amendments; religious testimony and the "wall" between church and state; the Supreme Court arguments: funding and judicial scrutiny, the standard of review, maternal health and the life versus fetal life, the decision -- Congressional legislation on abortion: proposed constitutional amendments and the question of a constitutional convention; the Human Life Bill and its implications; a firsthand look at the hearings; the extent of Congressional power; how "enabling" is the Fourteenth Amendment? -- H.L. and parental notification; Akron, Ashcroft, and Simopoulos, the latest cases -- Appendix A: Excerpts from the Supreme Court decision in Roe v. Wade -- Appendix B: Excerpts from the Constitution of the United States -- Appendix C: Federalist Paper number 78

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ocm09194795

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25 cm

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1st ed.

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xiii, 363 pages

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9780689113123

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82045184

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