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We dissent : Justices Breyer, Sotomayor, and Kagan on Dobbs v. Jackson, the Supreme Court's decision banning abortion. by Call Number: OnlinePublication Date: 2022The full text of one of the most radical and controversial Supreme Court decisions in American history, highlighting the galvanizing dissent by Justices Breyer, Sotomayor, and Kagan ... Dobbs v Jackson, the landmark decision to overthrow the rights first granted to women in the Roe v Wade decision fifty years ago, is the first U.S. Supreme Court decision in American history to actually take away from citizens a Constitutionally-protected right.
Featured Articles
- Modern American Abortion Narratives and the Century of Silence by Meg GilletteBringing discussions about abortion experiences out of the shadows into the public realm.
- ‘You don’t feel anything?’ The Cold War, Family Affect and Reproductive Politics in Black WidowThis article explains how Marvel’s Black Widow film constructs both political
liberation and personal satisfaction as dependent on a striving towards the heteronormative
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Featured Historical Newspaper Article
- Arrest Birth Control Speaker, Boston Globe 7 April 1967 (ProQuest)A New York man demonstrated birth control devices to a crowd of 2500 Boston University students Thursday and was arrested when he offered the devices to students.
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This guide was originally authored by Chris Smith, April, 2023, titled Abortion, Contraception, and Reproductive Rights.
Modifications have been made by Dorice Moylan to create this guide for WR151: Reproduction in American Literature/Culture, Feb. 22, 2024.