The Pro-Life Movement after Roe -- Judicial Activism and the Pro-Life Movement -- The Incrementalist Ascendancy -- The Abortion-Rights Movement after Roe -- Women's Rights versus Population Control: Abortion and Racial Politics -- The Rise of Choice: Single-Issue Politics and Privacy Arguments -- The Movement-Countermovement Dynamic after Roe -- The Popular Reinterpretation of Roe v. Wade -- Compromise and Polarization
Summary
"In the decade after the 1973 Supreme Court decision on abortion, advocates on both sides sought common ground. But as pro-abortion and anti-abortion positions hardened over time into pro-choice and pro-life, the myth was born that Roe v. Wade was a ruling on a woman's right to choose. Mary Ziegler's account offers a corrective"--Publisher's description
