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Justice Scalia And Abortion Speech, Timothy Zick Apr 2017

Justice Scalia And Abortion Speech, Timothy Zick

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Rethinking Judicial Minimalism: Abortion Politics, Party Polarization, And The Consequences Of Returning The Constitution To Elected Government, Neal Devins May 2016

Rethinking Judicial Minimalism: Abortion Politics, Party Polarization, And The Consequences Of Returning The Constitution To Elected Government, Neal Devins

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Disability-Selective Abortion And The Americans With Disabilities Act, Dov Fox, Christopher L. Griffin Jr. Jul 2009

Disability-Selective Abortion And The Americans With Disabilities Act, Dov Fox, Christopher L. Griffin Jr.

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This Article examines the influence of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) on affective attitudes toward children with disabilities and on the incidence of disability-selective abortion. Applying regression analysis to U.S. natality data, we find that the birthrate of children with Down syndrome declined significantly in the years following the ADA’s passage. Controlling for technological, demographic, and cultural variables suggests that the ADA may have encouraged prospective parents to prevent the existence of the very class of people it was designed to protect. We explain this paradox by showing the way in which specific ADA provisions could have given rise …


How Planned Parenthood V. Casey (Pretty Much) Settled The Abortion Wars, Neal Devins Jan 2009

How Planned Parenthood V. Casey (Pretty Much) Settled The Abortion Wars, Neal Devins

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More than twenty-one years after Robert Bork's failed Supreme Court nomination and seventeen years after Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania v. Casey, the rhetoric of abortion politics remains unchanged. Pro-choice interests, for example, argue that states are poised to outlaw abortion and that Roe v. Wade is vulnerable to overruling. In this Essay, I will debunk those claims. First, I will explain how Casey's approval of limited abortion rights reflected an emerging national consensus in 1992. Second, I will explain why the Supreme Court is unlikely to risk political backlash by formally modifying Casey- either by restoring the trimester test …


How Congress Paved The Way For The Rehnquist Court's Federalism Revival: Lessons From The Federal Partial Birth Abortion Ban, Neal Devins Apr 2007

How Congress Paved The Way For The Rehnquist Court's Federalism Revival: Lessons From The Federal Partial Birth Abortion Ban, Neal Devins

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The Countermajoritarian Paradox, Neal Devins Jan 1995

The Countermajoritarian Paradox, Neal Devins

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Through The Looking Glass: What Abortion Teaches Us About American Politics, Neal Devins Jan 1994

Through The Looking Glass: What Abortion Teaches Us About American Politics, Neal Devins

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The Pressure Of Precedent: A Critique Of The Conservative Approaches To Stare Decisis In Abortion Cases, Michael J. Gerhardt Jan 1993

The Pressure Of Precedent: A Critique Of The Conservative Approaches To Stare Decisis In Abortion Cases, Michael J. Gerhardt

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Closing The Circle Of Constitutional Review From Griswold V. Connecticut To Roe V. Wade: An Outline Of A Decision Merely Overruling Roe, William W. Van Alstyne Jan 1989

Closing The Circle Of Constitutional Review From Griswold V. Connecticut To Roe V. Wade: An Outline Of A Decision Merely Overruling Roe, William W. Van Alstyne

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