Mary Ziegler Books
Mary Ziegler is a legal historian and professor specializing in reproductive rights and constitutional law. She has written extensively on the history of abortion law and the politics surrounding it in the United States.
Known for: Abortion and the Law in America: Roe v. Wade to the Present
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Abortion and the Law in America: Roe v. Wade to the Present
This book examines the complex legal and political history of abortion in the United States from the landmark Roe v. Wade decision in 1973 to contemporary debates. Mary Ziegler explores how abortion law has evolved through court rulings, legislative actions, and public discourse, revealing the intersection of constitutional rights, moral arguments, and social movements shaping reproductive policy.
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Roe v. Wade and its Constitutional Foundations
In *Roe v. Wade*, the Supreme Court grounded the right to abortion in the constitutional right to privacy. This privacy, though not explicitly written into the Constitution, had been inferred from the “penumbras” of several amendments protecting individual autonomy in family and bodily decisions. Ju...
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Immediate Aftermath of Roe: Legal Challenges and Mobilization
In the years immediately following Roe, the legal landscape fractured. States experimented with new forms of restriction—testing how far they could go within Roe’s framework. Hospitals grappled with conscience clauses, physicians faced statutory ambiguities, and legislators sought symbolic ways to e...
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About Mary Ziegler
Mary Ziegler is a legal historian and professor specializing in reproductive rights and constitutional law. She has written extensively on the history of abortion law and the politics surrounding it in the United States.
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