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The Impact Of Roe V. Wade (1973) On The American Abortion Rights Movement, Claire M. Adkins
The Impact Of Roe V. Wade (1973) On The American Abortion Rights Movement, Claire M. Adkins
Senior Honors Projects, 2010-2019
My research examines the impact of the Supreme Court case, Roe v. Wade (1973), on the American abortion rights movement during the 1970s. Previous research is divided on the extent of the Court’s influence on social movements and I seek to fill a gap in the previous literature. I conduct an in-depth document analysis to measure the Court’s effect on the abortion rights movement. Specifically, I examine abortion sections from the 1970s feminist publications, “Our Bodies Ourselves” and “off our backs,” to represent the American abortion rights movement. Both publications offer slightly different feminist perspectives with abortion rights advocacy and …