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Beyond Abortion BEYON D A BORT ION Roe v. Wade and the Battle for Privacy MARY ZIEGLER Cambridge, Mas sa chu setts London, England 2018 Copyright © 2018 by the President and Fellows of Harvard College All rights reserved Printed in the United States of Amer i ca First printing Library of Congress Cataloging- in- Publication Data Names: Ziegler, Mary, 1982– author. Title: Beyond abo rtion : Roe v. Wade and the b attle for privacy / Mary Ziegler. Description: Cambridge, Mas sa chu setts : Harvard University Press, 2018. | Includes bibliographical references and index. Identifiers: LCCN 2017036967 | ISBN 9780674976702 (alk. paper) Subjects: LCSH: Privacy, Right of— United States. | Sexual freedom— United States. | Mental health laws— United States. | Terminal care— Law and legislation— United States. Classification: LCC KF1262 .Z54 2018 | DDC 342.7308/58— dc23 LC rec ord available at https:// lccn . loc . gov / 2017036967 Cover photo: tapuzina / Getty Images Cover design: Jill Breitbarth For Dan and Layla CONTENTS Introduction 1 1. A History of Privacy Politics 15 2. Sexual Liberty 41 3. M ental Illness and the Right to Refuse Treatment 82 4. Deregulation and the Future of Medicine 121 5. Death, Discrimination, and Equality 163 6. Conscientious Objection, Roe, and the Role of the Judiciary 202 Conclusion 239 Abbreviations 255 Notes 259 Acknowl edgments 369 Index 371

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For most Americans today, Roe v. Wade concerns just one thing: the right to choose abortion. But the Supreme Court’s decision once meant much more. The justices ruled that the right to privacy encompassed the abortion decision. Grassroots activists and politicians used Roe—and popular interpreta
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