The Road to Roe v. Wade : Privacy, Equality, Population Control

The fight to reform and later repeal criminal abortion laws brought together a wide range of movements and activists, from feminists demanding the right to control one's body, to public health leaders worried about maternal and morbidity, to those worried about demographic growth. We will study these movements and how they shaped the decision of Roe.

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