Abortion Law Development : A Brief Overview.

Provides a historical overview of abortion law, with emphasis on Supreme Court decisions beginning in 1973 with Roe v. Wade and Doe v. Bolton, and more recent decisions in Webster v. Reproductive Health Services, Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania v. Casey, and Stenberg v. Carhart. Exam...

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Corporate Authors:	Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service, ProQuest (Firm)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2006.
Series:	U.S. Congressional Research.
Subjects:	Abortion. Judge-made law. Constitutional law. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

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Summary:	Provides a historical overview of abortion law, with emphasis on Supreme Court decisions beginning in 1973 with Roe v. Wade and Doe v. Bolton, and more recent decisions in Webster v. Reproductive Health Services, Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania v. Casey, and Stenberg v. Carhart. Examines public funding of abortions and the constitutionality of restrictions on abortion.
Item Description:	Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Dec. 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC. CRS Report. Electronic resource.
Physical Description:	1 online resource.