Roe v. Wade: Fifty Years After

by Deirdre Cooper Owens

Just over fifty years ago on January 22, 1973, the United States Supreme Court decision on Roe v. Wade assured millions of women that abortion was a protected constitutional right due to a woman's right to privacy. In the context of the burgeoning women's rights movement, it seemed like an inalienable victory: women might become equal to men in their right to determine what would happen to their bodies. This was a hard-won fight that reached...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0820365688
• ISBN13: 9780820365688
• Release Date: August 2024
• Publisher: University of Georgia Press
• Length: 241 Pages
• Weight: 0.94 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.0" x 8.0"