"What Roe v. Wade Should Have Said brings together some of America's
brightest legal minds to make the best arguments available for and
against the constitutional right to abortion. It recognizes and
celebrates the diversity of American opinion about this vital issue by
raising the level of debate, and allowing Americans to think for
themselves about what their Constitution means. An exceptional volume
and essential for anyone who wants to understand the constitutional
debate about Roe."
--Nadine Strossen, President, American Civil Liberties Union, and
Professor of Law, New York Law School
"This array of intelligent and serious alternatives to the Court's
stunningly inadequate opinion in Roe v. Wade--some reaching the same,
some the opposite conclusion, some in between--is the most convincing
argument against any litmus test on this subject either way for future
Supreme Court Justices."
--Charles Fried, Harvard Law School
"A remarkably wide-ranging exploration of arguments addressed to the
issues decided in Roe v. Wade. Whatever beliefs you may hold concerning
these issues, you will find those beliefs subjected to thoughtful--even
passionate--challenge in at least one of these opinions."
--Kenneth L. Karst, UCLA School of Law
"What Roe v. Wade Should Have Said provides vigorous and diverse
substitute opinions by leading scholars that broaden, deepen, and
improve the current debates while sharpening what a supreme court can
and cannot do on such a highly disputed matter."
--Martha Minow, Harvard Law School
From the Publisher
“Brings together some of America's brightest legal minds to make the best arguments available for and against the constitutional right to abortion. An exceptional volume and essential for anyone who wants to understand the constitutional debate about Roe.”
-Nadine Strossen,President, American Civil Liberties Union, and Professor of Law, New York Law School
“The interest of the whole lies precisely in its depiction within a single volume of where the debate stands.”l
-Federal Lawyer
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“Reading Jack Balkin’s edited book, What Roe v. Wade Should Have Said, conjures up thoughts in the reader, like ‘darn, I wish I had thought of that.’“,
-The Law and Politics Book Review
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“This array of intelligent and serious alternatives to the Court's stunningly inadequate opinion in Roe v. Wade —some reaching the same, some the opposite conclusion, some in between —is the most convincing argument against any litmus test on this subject either way for future Supreme Court Justices”
-Charles Fried,Harvard Law School
“Whatever beliefs you may hold concerning these issues, you will find those beliefs subjected to thoughtful—even passionate—challenge in at least one of these opinions.”
-Kenneth L. Karst,UCLA School of Law
