Constitutionalizing the body
The human body as a form of property
The regulatory state
The right to privacy
A confusing legacy
Historical background
Medicalizing the body
The germ theory
Eugenics
The crusade for birth control
A revival of rights
The end of life
Compulsory vaccination : private rights versus police powers
Mandatory sterilization : eugenics on trial
Contraception, abortion, and the right to die : privacy on trial
Legacy and impact
End-of-life issues on trial
Biotechnology on trial
Documents
Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution
Anti-vaccination circular, distributed during the epidemic of small pox in Boston, 1901
Jacobson v. Massachusetts (1905)
Zucht V. King (1922)
Buck v. Bell (1927)
Skinner v. Oklahoma (1942)
Griswold v. Connecticut (1965)
Roe et al. v. Wade (1973)
Bowers, Attorney General of Georgia v. Hardwick, et al. (1986)
Webster, et al. v. Reproductive Health Services, et al. (1989)
Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania, et al. v. Casey (1992)
Cruzan v. Director, Missouri Department of Public Health (1990)
Washington, et al., petitioners v. Harold Glucksberg, et al. (1997)
Oregon's Death with Dignity Act
Key people, laws, and concepts.