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Author Ziegler, Mary, 1982- author.

Title Beyond abortion : Roe v. Wade and the battle for privacy / Mary Ziegler
Published Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2018
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Description 1 online resource (383 pages)
Contents A history of privacy politics -- Sexual liberty -- Mental illness and the right to refuse treatment -- Deregulation and the future of medicine -- Death, discrimination, and equality -- Conscientious objection, Roe, and the role of the judiciary
Summary More than four decades into the culture wars, Roe v. Wade has become shorthand for the American abortion debate. Rights to Privacy: The Forgotten Legacy of Roe v. Wade illuminates an entirely different and unexpected legacy of America's most controversial Supreme Court decision. Drawing on archives and extensive interviews with key participants, Rights to Privacy opens a window onto an intense debate about the right to privacy that continues to this day. In the 1970s and beyond, activists set out bold ideas about government responsibility, sexual consent, consumer rights, digital data, individual identity, and end-of-life care. These unanticipated visions of a right to choose gradually (but never completely) gave way to a more limited freedom from government. Ziegler captures the rise of contemporary ideas about privacy, all the while explaining the continuing hold that this right--and Roe--have on the public imagination.-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes In English
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Subject Privacy, Right of -- United States
Sexual freedom -- United States
Mental health laws -- United States
Terminal care -- Law and legislation -- United States
LAW -- Constitutional.
LAW -- Public.
LAW -- Privacy.
Mental health laws
Privacy, Right of
Sexual freedom
Terminal care -- Law and legislation
United States
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780674919419
0674919416
Other Titles Roe v. Wade and the battle for privacy