Body Politic

The Supreme Court and abortion law

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  • Ch 1 Roe V. Wade
    • 1.1 Who was Roe?
    • 1.2 What was abortion law like then?
    • 1.3 What had the Supreme Court decided up to that point?
    • 1.4 What was the law being challenged?
    • 1.5 What was the challengers’ case?
    • 1.6 Why was Roe argued twice
    • 1.7 What was the Supreme Court like then?
    • 1.8 What happened at oral arguments?
    • 1.9 What did the decision say?
    • 1.10 What did the dissents say?
    • 1.11 What happened next?
    • 1.12 Video: How did the Supreme Court establish the right to privacy used in Roe v. Wade?
    • Quick Take
  • Ch 2 Planned Parenthood V. Casey
    • 2.1 What happened in the states between Roe and Casey?
    • 2.2 What was the Pennsylvania law in question?
    • 2.3 What was the case against the law?
    • 2.4 How had the Court changed since Roe?
    • 2.5 What happened in oral arguments?
    • 2.6 What did the decision say?
    • 2.7 What did the dissent say?
    • 2.8 What happened next?
    • 2.9Video: How did abortion law change from Roe to Casey?
    • Quick Take
  • Ch 3 Gonzales V. Carhart
    • 3.1 What happened after Casey?
    • 3.2 Who was Dr. Carhart?
    • 3.3 What was Dr. Carhart’s first Supreme Court case?
    • 3.4 How did the Court change between the two Carhart cases?
    • 3.5 What was the law in question, and what was the case against it?
    • 3.6 What happened in oral arguments?
    • 3.7 What did the decision say?
    • 3.8 What did the dissent say?
    • 3.9 What happened next?
    • Quick Take
  • Ch 4 Whole Woman's Health V. Hellerstedt
    • 4.1 What happened after Carhart?
    • 4.2 What was the law in question?
    • 4.3 What was the case against the law?
    • 4.4 How has the Court changed since Carhart?
    • 4.5 What happened during oral arguments?
    • 4.6 What did the decision say?
    • 4.7 What did the dissent say?
    • 4.8 What implications does the decision have for similar laws in other states?
    • 4.9 Video: Why is abortion still so contentious?
    • Quick Take

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Books

  • After Roe: The Lost History of the Abortion Debate

    Mary Ziegler

  • Becoming Justice Blackmun

    Linda Greenhouse

  • Liberty & Sexuality: The Right to Privacy and the Making of Roe v. Wade

    David J. Garrow

  • The Nine

    Jeffery Toobin

Links

  • General, Abortion

  • General, People

  • General, Supreme Court

  • Roe v. Wade

  • Planned Parenthood v. Casey

  • Gonzales v. Carhart

  • Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt

    • Abortion in Women’s Lives

      Guttmacher Institute study

    • How abortion is regulated around the world

      Pew Research Center

    • Harry Blackmun

    • Justice Harry Blackmun’s Papers, NPR

      Sandra Day O’Connor

    • Supremely Confident: the Legacy of Sandra Day O’Connor, The Guardian

      Anthony Kennedy

    • Biography

    • Inside Gov

      Ruth Bader Ginsburg

    • The Place of Women on the Court, New York Times

    • This Ruth Bader Ginsburg Coloring Book is Perfect for Women’s History Month, Bustle

    • Ruth Bader Ginsburg on abortion, race and the broken Congress, MSNBC

      Norma McCorvey, “Roe”

    • The Accidental Activist, Vanity Fair

    • The fascinating life of Norma McCorvey, the ‘Jane Roe’ in Roe v. Wade, Washington Post

    • 7 things you didn’t know about Jane Roe of Roe v. Wade, Live Action News

    • At Home With: Norma McCorvey; Of Roe, Dreams And Choices, New York Times

    • Woman Behind Roe v. Wade: “I’m Dedicating My Life to Overturning It, Life News

    • A More Nuanced Breakdown of the Supreme Court

    • Dissenting from the bench

      SCOTUS for law students, SCOTUSblog

    • Lessons from Before Roe: Will Past be Prologue?

      Guttmacher Policy Review

    • Abortion defenders explain why Roe v. Wade was a terrible legal decision

      National Right to Life News

    • The Court’s Abortion Jurisprudence: An Analysis of Roe and Related Cases

      EndRoe.org

    • Ginsburg: Roe gave opponents target

      Politico

    • Why Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Hates Roe v. Wade

      Talking Points Memo

    • Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Offers Critique of Roe v. Wade During Law School Visit

      University of Chicago Law

    • Landmark Cases

      PBS

    • The Source of Our Abortion Woes

      The American Prospect

    • Abortion Case From 1991 May Be Central in Confirmation

      New York Times

    • Ginsburg read dissents aloud when she wanted to send message

      Morning Call

    • After Gonzales v. Carhart: The Future of Abortion Jurisprudence

      Pew Research Center

    • Partial Truths in the Partial-Birth-Abortion Debate

      Slate

    • Everything You Need to Know About Partial Birth Abortion

      Kenneth D. Whitehead

    • 'Partial-Birth Abortion:' Separating Fact from Spin

      NPR

    • SCOTUSblog

    • How the ‘Whole Woman’s Health’ Decision Could Affect Abortion Care Nationwide

      Rewire

    • What’s Really at Stake in the Supreme Court’s Abortion Decision

      Vogue

    • 10 Observations About the Supreme Court Argument in Whole Woman’s Health

      Harvard Law

Film

  • After Tiller

    documentary