Summary
"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... Full description
- Part I: The pro-life movement after Roe.
- Judicial activism and the pro-life movement
- The incrementalist ascendancy
- Part II: The abortion-rights movement after Roe.
- Women's rights versus population control: abortion and racial politics
- The rise of choice: single-issue politics and privacy arguments
- Part III: The movement-countermovement dynamic after Roe.
- The popular reinterpretation of Roe v. Wade
- Compromise and polarization.