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The Health Exception, Monica E. Eppinger Jan 2016

The Health Exception, Monica E. Eppinger

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The abortion doctrine laid out in Roe v. Wade permits a procedure necessary to preserve the life or the health of the pregnant woman, setting out what has come to be called the “life exception” and the “health exception.” This Article investigates the background and antecedents of the health exception, identifying three periods of formation and change up to the drafting of the Model Penal Code in 1959. It argues that theories of health lie at the heart of legal doctrine, shaping common-law treatment of abortion and persisting in nineteenth- and twentieth-century statutes. This account reveals origins of a health …


Of Icebergs And Glaciers: The Submerged Constitution Of American Healthcare, Theodore Ruger Jan 2012

Of Icebergs And Glaciers: The Submerged Constitution Of American Healthcare, Theodore Ruger

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Doctors, The Adversary System, And Proceudral Reform In Medical Liability Litigation, Catherine T. Struve Jan 2004

Doctors, The Adversary System, And Proceudral Reform In Medical Liability Litigation, Catherine T. Struve

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Uncontrollable Urges And Irrational People, Stephen J. Morse Jan 2002

Uncontrollable Urges And Irrational People, Stephen J. Morse

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Treating Crazy People Less Specially, Stephen J. Morse Jan 1988

Treating Crazy People Less Specially, Stephen J. Morse

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