Elyshia Aseltine, Sheldon Ekland Olson

Abortion in the United States (eBook, PDF)

The Moral and Legal Landscape

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This book explores the seismic shift brought about by the 2022 US Supreme Court decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, which dramatically changed the constitutional standing of abortion decisions set in place by Roe v. Wade fifty years earlier.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 80
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Oktober 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781040262917
• Artikelnr.: 72270224

Autorenporträt

Elyshia Aseltine is an associate professor at Towson University (TU) in Maryland. Her research focuses on racial inequalities and the criminal justice system. She is also the College of Liberal Arts Mitten Professor, the founding director of TU's Fair Chance Higher Education initiative, and a 2019 Open Society Institute-Baltimore Community Fellow.

Sheldon Ekland-Olson is Rapoport Professor and Provost Emeritus at the University of Texas, Austin. He taught in the Department of Sociology, Law School, and Honors Programs. He was dean of the College of Liberal Arts for five years and Executive Vice President and Provost for eight years. He is the recipient of numerous university-wide and system-wide teaching awards. He is currently retired.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Abortion's Shifting Landscape
Introduction
A General Framework: Dealing with Life Threatening Dilemmas
An Overview of Abortion in the United States
Public Opinion
Patterns in Use
Establishing the Constitutional Right to Privacy
Thalidomide
Rubella
and Abortion
A Bolt from the Blue: Roe v. Wade
The Power of Empathy: The Personhood of the Fetus
Dismantling Roe: Shifting Composition of the Supreme Court
Protests and Violent Opposition
Late Term Abortions
Determining Undue Burden
The Stage is Set for Dobbs
The Dobbs Decision
States Respond
Current Legal Status of Abortion in US States
Public Opinion on Abortion Post-Dobbs
Questions to be Answered
The Coming Years