Table of Contents

Introduction 7

Chapter 1 A History of Illegal Operations

Examinations in the Malpractice Cases. By The New York Times 9

Doctor and Nurses Held By The New York Times 11

Woman Juror Fails to End a Deadlock By The New York Times 12

Illegal Operations Laid to 3 Doctors By The New York Times 14

Suggests Doctors Relax 'Hypocrisy' By The New York Times 15

Legal Abortions Proposed in Code Anthony Lewis 17

Dilemma Is Seen in Abortion Law By The New York Times 19

Abortion Suit Is Filed Special To The New York Times 21

Phoenix Abortion Ruling Delayed Special To The New York Times 23

Mrs. Finkbine Undergoes Abortion in Sweden Special To The New York Times 24

Abortion: Once a Whispered Problem, Now a Public Debate Jane E. Brody 26

Again the Abortion Issue James F. Clarity 39

Abortion and Sterilization Win Support of Planned Parenthood Morris Kaplan 41

Chapter 2 Roe v. Wade and the Evolution of Abortion Law

National Guidelines Set by 7-to-2 Vote Warren Weaver Jr. 44

Excerpts From Abortion Case Special To The New York Times 49

The Supreme Court as Moral Arbiter Daniel A. Degnan 54

As Congressmen Take Up the Abortion Issue, Two Sides Debate: When Does Life Begin? By The New York Times 57

Contempt for Abortion, and Tolerance By The New York Times 65

Legal Abortion Under Fierce Attack 15 Years After Roe v. Wade Ruling Tamar Lewin 67

What Is Right and Wrong With Roe v. Wade? Laura Mansnerus 71

Foes of Abortion Prepare Measures for State Action E. J. Dionne Jr. 80

High Court, 5-4, Affirms Right to Abortion But Allows Most of Pennsylvania's Limits Linda Greenhouse 86

Ruling Allows Major Center Its First Clinic for Abortions By The New York Times 92

Opponents of Abortions Cheer New Administration Robin Toner 94

Bush Rule Makes Fetuses Eligible for Health Benefits Robert Pear 98

Ruling Opens New Arena in the Debate on Abortion Adam Liptak 101

In Support of Abortion, It's Personal vs. Political Sheryl Gay Stolberg 104

Legal Fight Could Make Kentucky Only State With No Abortion Clinic Sheryl Gay Stolberg 109

Chapter 3 Pro-Life vs. Pro-Choice

US Abortion Rights Backers Adopt Tactics of Politics E. J. Dionne Jr. 115

Drive Against Abortion Finds a Symbol: Wichita Isabel Wilkerson 120

Face of Protests in Wichita Is Religious and Undoubting Don Terry 124

Abortion Clinics Preparing for More Violence Felicity Barringer 129

Pro Bono TV Spot for Abortion Rights Stuart Elliott 134

Planned Parenthood Will Offer Early Abortion Procedures Karen Demasters 135

The Partial-Birth Stratagem By The New York Times 136

'Partial Birth' Deceptions By The New York Times 138

Anti-Abortion Site on Web Has Ignited Free Speech Debate Sam Howe Verhovek 139

Religious Searching Leads to the Anti-Abortion Movement John Kifner 143

After Stem-Cell Rift, Groups Unite for Anti-Abortion Push Kevin Sack Gustav Niebuhr 146

Anthrax Scare Hits Groups Backing Right to Abortion Tamar Lewin 151

Who Can Choose? Eyal Press 153

Posturing on Abortion By The New York Times 156

Advocates Shun 'Pro-Choice' to Expand Message Jackie Calmes 158

Where the Pro-Life Movement Goes Next Mary Ziegler 162

Chapter 4 The Uncertain Future of U.S. Abortion Rights

Roe v. Wade Was About More Than Abortion Mary Ziegler 166

How to Talk About Abortion Laurie Shrage 170

Walgreens Pharmacist Denies Woman With Unviable Pregnancy the Medication Needed to End It Louis Lucero II 175

Supreme Court Backs Anti-Abortion Pregnancy Centers in Free Speech Case Adam Liptak 178

Bulwark Against an Abortion Ban? Medical Advances Pam Belluck Jan Hoffman 183

'I'm Doing It for the Babies': Inside the Ground Game to Reverse Roe v. Wade Elizabeth Dias 190

The Future of Abortion Under a New Supreme Court? Look to Arkansas Sabrina Tavernise 196

The Handmaid's Court Michelle Goldberg 203

Why I Wanted to Learn to Perform Abortions Jen Gunter 207

Glossary 211

Media Literacy Terms 213

Media Literacy Questions 215

Citations 217

Index 222