What Roe V. Wade Should Have Said: The Nation's Top Legal Experts Rewrite America's Most Controversial Decision

by Rhacel Salazar Parreñas

Book Overview

Constitutional scholars rewrite the landmark decision

In January 1973, the Supreme Court's opinion in Roe v. Wade struck down most of the country's abortion laws, and held for the first time that women had a constitutional right to safe and legal abortions. Three decades later, Roe v. Wade remains one of the Supreme Court's most controversial decisions, and political struggles over abortion rights still divide American politics. Roe...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814799183
• ISBN13: 9780814799185
• Release Date: August 2005
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.19 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.2"