Abortion Law in the Supreme Court
- 1 July 1971
- journal article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 285 (1) , 30-31
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm197107012850108
Abstract
"The subject of abortions — like cases involving obscenity — is one of the most inflammatory ones to reach the Court. People instantly take sides and the public, from which juries are drawn, makes up its mind one way or the other before the case is even argued." [Justice William O. Douglas]ON April 21, 1971, the Supreme Court of the United States joined the abortion law debate. The "treacherous ground" has been entered, and the Justices have begun to speak about morality, health and the preservation of life. (The words are from Justice Jackson,1 who in dissent, warned of . . .Keywords
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