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Back to the future of abortion law: Roe's rejection of America's history and traditions.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  16941909     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
In Roe v. Wade much of Justice Blackmun's judgment was devoted to the history of abortion in Anglo-American law. He concluded that a constitutional right to abortion was consistent with that history. In Webster v. Reproductive Health Services, 281 American historians signed an amicus brief which claimed that Roe was consistent with the nation's history and traditions. This article respectfully questions Justice Blackmun's conclusion and the historians' claim.
Authors:
John Keown
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Historical Article; Journal Article; Legal Cases    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Issues in law & medicine     Volume:  22     ISSN:  8756-8160     ISO Abbreviation:  Issues Law Med     Publication Date:  2006  
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2006-08-31     Completed Date:  2006-11-30     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  8511295     Medline TA:  Issues Law Med     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  3-37     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Kennedy Institute of Ethics, Georgetown University, USA.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Abortion, Legal / history*,  legislation & jurisprudence
Female
History, 20th Century
Humans
Pregnancy
United States

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