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Dangerous Terrain: Mapping The Female Body In Gonzales V. Carhart, B. Jessie Hill
Dangerous Terrain: Mapping The Female Body In Gonzales V. Carhart, B. Jessie Hill
Faculty Publications
The body occupies an ambiguous position within the law. It is, in one sense, the quintessential object of state regulatory and police power, the object that the state acts both upon and for. At the same time, the body is often constructed in legal discourse as the site of personhood - our most intimate, sacred, and inviolate possession. The inherent tension between these two concepts of the body permeates the law, but it is perhaps nowhere more prominent than in the constitutional doctrine pertaining to abortion. Abortion is one of the most heavily regulated medical procedures in the United States, …
Myth Of Fetal Personhood: Reconciling Roe And Fetal Homicide Laws, The, Juliana Vines Crist
Myth Of Fetal Personhood: Reconciling Roe And Fetal Homicide Laws, The, Juliana Vines Crist
Case Western Reserve Law Review
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