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Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"An incisive analysis of how the Supreme Court's new conservative supermajority is overturning decades of law and leading the country in a dangerous political direction. Michael Waldman explores the tumultuous 2021-2022 Supreme Court term. He draws deeply on history to examine other times the Court veered from the popular will, provoking controversy and backlash. And he analyzes the most important new rulings and their implications for the law and...
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Description
xv, 254 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"The inspiring, on-the-ground story of the rising grassroots leaders in the abortion rights movement during the pivotal first year after Dobbs. When the Supreme Court decided Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization--overturning the constitutional right to abortion care--the country was thrown into chaos. Abortion providers and their patients faced sudden closures, new restrictions, and rapidly changing rules as nearly half of the states moved...
Author
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Description
xvi, 236 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"In a stirring and succinct examination of post-Roe America, "one of the most successful and visible feminists of her generation" (The Washington Post) takes on what's become the country's most resonant political issue. In her most urgent book yet, New York Times bestselling author Jessica Valenti shines a light on the conservative assault on women's freedom, cutting through the misinformation and overwhelm to inform, engage, and enrage. From the...
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Language
English
Description
"Over its half-century of public life, Roe v. Wade took on meanings that extended far beyond its original purpose of protecting the privacy of the doctor-patient relationship. At various times, it forced us to confront hard questions about judicial activism and restraint, the believability of science, racial justice, the suppression of religion, and much more. Mary Ziegler explores the transformations of meaning that have kept abortion on the front...
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Description
xxv, 404 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Published to coincide with the fiftieth anniversary of Roe v. Wade, historian Felicia Kornbluh delivers an urgent book about two key reproductive rights victories in New York that set the tone for the nation. A Woman's Life Is a Human Life is the story of two movements that transformed the politics of reproductive rights: the fight to decriminalize abortion and the campaign against sterilization abuse, which happened disproportionately in communities...
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Language
English
Description
A history of the fight for reproductive rights in the United States. Tracing the path to the landmark decision in Roe v. Wade and the continuing battle for women's rights, Blumenthal examines the root causes of the current debate around abortion and repercussions that have affected generations of American women. This book intends to facilitate difficult discussions and awareness of a topic that is rarely touched on in school but affects each and...
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
With expertise across politics and religion, two award-winning New York Times journalists show how the battle over Roe, no matter your view on abortion, symbolizes a miscarriage of the ideals America promised: democracy, morality and freedom, while inadvertently laying out a roadmap for how we might make our way forward in this new America.
From two top New York Times journalists, the breathtaking untold story of the plan to overturn Roe v. Wade...
Author
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Description
xviii, 348 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
Through the perspectives of patients, providers, activists and lawmakers, the author, as the landscape of abortion rights continues to shift, forcing people to cross state lines to seek life-saving care, presents this timely examination of human rights, healthcare and economic and racial inequality in America.
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Series
Report / 106th Congress 2d session House of Representatives volume 105-559
Pub. Date
[2000]
Physical Description
2 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Author
Series
S. hrg volume 105-463
Pub. Date
1998.
Physical Description
iii, 47 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Author
Series
Beacon paperbacks volume BP491
Pub. Date
[1974]
Physical Description
xiv, 242 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Author
Series
Contributions in American studies volume 89
Pub. Date
1987.
Physical Description
x, 254 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Author
Series
Report / 113th Congress 1st session House of Representatives volume 113-109
Pub. Date
[2013-]
Physical Description
volumes ; 24 cm
Language
English
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