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Abortion : the clash of absolutes / Laurence H. Tribe.

Title
Abortion : the clash of absolutes / Laurence H. Tribe.
Author
Tribe, Laurence H.
Publication
New York : Norton, 1992.

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Additional Authors
Baird, Bill
Description
xvi, 318 p.; 22 cm.
Summary
Explores the path to compromise in the controversial issue of abortion, taking into account the crucial issues of right to privacy, the relations between the sexes, and individual freedom.
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-273) and index.
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Contents
Foreword to the new paperback edition -- Approaching abortion anew -- From Roe to Webster -- Two centuries of abortion in America -- Locating abortion in the world map -- Finding abortion rights in the Constitution -- The equation's other side: does it matter whether the fetus is a person? -- The politics of abortion: from a new right in the "New Right" -- The politics of abortion: a constitutional convention? -- The politics of abortion: the pro-life advocates in power -- In search of compromise -- Beyond the clash of absolutes -- Afterword -- Appendix: Abortion case law.
ISBN
0393309568 (pbk.) :
LCCN
^^^93111762^
OCLC
26980281
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library