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pt. I. Reform, repeal, religion and reaction. Reform : Letter to the society for humane abortion ; "Rush" procedure for going to Japan ; The lesser of two evils / by Sherri Chessen Finkbine ; Abortion: the law and the reality in 1970 / by Jane E. Hodgson ; Dr. Hodgson's affidavit ; Statement of Dr. Hodgson's patient ; Illegal abortion as a public health problem / by Mary Steichen Calderone ; American Law Institute abortion policy, 1962 ; American Medical Association policy statements, 1967 and 1970 ; Clergy consultation service statement ; Abortion law reform in the United States / by Jimmye Kimmey ; "Right to choose" memorandum / by Jimmye Kimmey
Repeal : National Organization for Women bill of rights ; Abortion: a woman's civil right / by Betty Friedan ; NARAL policy statement ; Call to women's strike for equality / by Betty Friedan ; "Speak-out-rage" ; Feminist as anti-abortionist / by Sidney Callahan ; Black women's manifesto / by Frances Beal ; Black women and the motherhood myth / by Bev Cole ; Zero population growth ; A sex counseling service for college students / by Philip M. Sarrel and Lorna J. Sarrel ; Sex and the Yale student / by the Student Committee on Human Sexuality
Religion : Union for Reform Judaism, 1967 ; United Methodist Church, statement of social principles, 1972 ; Southern Baptist Convention, resolution on abortion 1971 ; National Association of Evangelicals, statement on abortion, 1971 ; Catholic Church statement: Humanae vitae, 1968 ; Catholic Church statement : Human life in our day, 1968
Reaction : New Jersey Catholic Bishops' letter ; Abortion in perspective / by Robert M. Byrn ; Abortion and social justice (Americans United for Life) ; Similarly, I will not...cause abortion / by Robert D. Knapp ; New Jersey Assembly testimony ; Handbook on abortion / by J.C. Willke and Barbara Willke ; Abortion makes strange bedfellows: GOP and GOD / by Lawrence T. King
pt. II. Conflict constitutionalized: the years before Roe : Abortion law reform and repeal: legislative and judicial developments / by Ruth Roemer
Legislation: New York : Everywoman's abortions: "the oppressor is man" / by Susan Brownmiller ; Constitutional question: is there a right to abortion? / by Linda Greenhouse ; Plaintiff's brief, Abramowicz v. Lefkowitz ; Memorandum of Assemblywoman Constance E. Cook ; Plaintiff-appellant's brief, Byrn v. New York City Health & Hospitals Corporation ; Letter from President Nixon to Cardinal Cooke ; Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller's veto message ; The city politic: the case of the missing abortion lobbyists / by Hope Spencer
Litigation: Connecticut : Women vs. Connecticut thoughts on strategy ; Women vs. Connecticut organizing pamphlet ; Memorandum of decision, Abele v. Markle I ; Connecticut legislative hearing testimony ; Memorandum of decision, Abele v. Markle II
Crosscurrents in the national arena, 1972 : Plaintiff's brief, Struck v. Secretary of Defense ; Rockefeller Commission report ; Abortion seen up to woman, doctor / by George Gallup ; Statement about the report of the Commission on Population Growth and the American Future ; Swing to right seen among Catholics, Jews / by Louis Cassels ; Assault book / by Patrick Buchanan ; Women's libbers do not speak for us / by Phyllis Schlafly
pt. III. Speaking to the Court : Roe v. Wade in context ; A changing landscape ; Argument and decision ; Brief for appellants Jane Roe et al. ; Brief for appellee Henry Wade ; Announcing the decision
Afterword
Appendix: Briefs filed by "Friends of the court" (Amici curiae) : For Jane Roe: medical brief ; For Jane Roe: public health and poverty brief ; For Jane Roe: "new women lawyers" brief ; For Jane Roe: Planned Parenthood brief ; For Jane Roe: liberal religious brief ; For Jane Roe: California Committee to legalize abortion brief ; For Henry Wade: Americans united for life brief ; For Henry Wade: Dissenting obstetricians' brief ; For Henry Wade: National Right to Life Committee brief ; For Henry Wade: Women's brief.
Repeal : National Organization for Women bill of rights ; Abortion: a woman's civil right / by Betty Friedan ; NARAL policy statement ; Call to women's strike for equality / by Betty Friedan ; "Speak-out-rage" ; Feminist as anti-abortionist / by Sidney Callahan ; Black women's manifesto / by Frances Beal ; Black women and the motherhood myth / by Bev Cole ; Zero population growth ; A sex counseling service for college students / by Philip M. Sarrel and Lorna J. Sarrel ; Sex and the Yale student / by the Student Committee on Human Sexuality
Religion : Union for Reform Judaism, 1967 ; United Methodist Church, statement of social principles, 1972 ; Southern Baptist Convention, resolution on abortion 1971 ; National Association of Evangelicals, statement on abortion, 1971 ; Catholic Church statement: Humanae vitae, 1968 ; Catholic Church statement : Human life in our day, 1968
Reaction : New Jersey Catholic Bishops' letter ; Abortion in perspective / by Robert M. Byrn ; Abortion and social justice (Americans United for Life) ; Similarly, I will not...cause abortion / by Robert D. Knapp ; New Jersey Assembly testimony ; Handbook on abortion / by J.C. Willke and Barbara Willke ; Abortion makes strange bedfellows: GOP and GOD / by Lawrence T. King
pt. II. Conflict constitutionalized: the years before Roe : Abortion law reform and repeal: legislative and judicial developments / by Ruth Roemer
Legislation: New York : Everywoman's abortions: "the oppressor is man" / by Susan Brownmiller ; Constitutional question: is there a right to abortion? / by Linda Greenhouse ; Plaintiff's brief, Abramowicz v. Lefkowitz ; Memorandum of Assemblywoman Constance E. Cook ; Plaintiff-appellant's brief, Byrn v. New York City Health & Hospitals Corporation ; Letter from President Nixon to Cardinal Cooke ; Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller's veto message ; The city politic: the case of the missing abortion lobbyists / by Hope Spencer
Litigation: Connecticut : Women vs. Connecticut thoughts on strategy ; Women vs. Connecticut organizing pamphlet ; Memorandum of decision, Abele v. Markle I ; Connecticut legislative hearing testimony ; Memorandum of decision, Abele v. Markle II
Crosscurrents in the national arena, 1972 : Plaintiff's brief, Struck v. Secretary of Defense ; Rockefeller Commission report ; Abortion seen up to woman, doctor / by George Gallup ; Statement about the report of the Commission on Population Growth and the American Future ; Swing to right seen among Catholics, Jews / by Louis Cassels ; Assault book / by Patrick Buchanan ; Women's libbers do not speak for us / by Phyllis Schlafly
pt. III. Speaking to the Court : Roe v. Wade in context ; A changing landscape ; Argument and decision ; Brief for appellants Jane Roe et al. ; Brief for appellee Henry Wade ; Announcing the decision
Afterword
Appendix: Briefs filed by "Friends of the court" (Amici curiae) : For Jane Roe: medical brief ; For Jane Roe: public health and poverty brief ; For Jane Roe: "new women lawyers" brief ; For Jane Roe: Planned Parenthood brief ; For Jane Roe: liberal religious brief ; For Jane Roe: California Committee to legalize abortion brief ; For Henry Wade: Americans united for life brief ; For Henry Wade: Dissenting obstetricians' brief ; For Henry Wade: National Right to Life Committee brief ; For Henry Wade: Women's brief.