Abortion
Required Reading: • Roe in Sex • Casey in Sex • Judith Jarvis Thomson in Sex • Warren in Sex • Marquis in Sex
http://www.frc.org/get.cfm?i=IF03H01 This is a page put up by a conservative group called the Family Research Council, in which the organization lays out its arguments against gay marriage. It's a quick read, and gets at a lot of the main points of some conservative critiques.
http://www.andrewsullivan.com/homosexuality.php?artnum=19890828 This is an article written by Andrew Sullivan, one of the leading proponents of gay marriage, in which he presents a "conservative case" for gay marriage, based on the idea that marriage would be a "stabilizing" force for gay couples.
http://slate.msn.com/id/2085127
Assignment: Write no more than two page commentary on Roe v. Wade
Background Cases: Roe v. Wade 410 US 113 (1973) Palko v. Connecticut 302 US 319 (1937) Katz v United States 389 US 347 (1967) Terry v. Ohio 392 US 1 (1968) Eisenstadt v. Baird 405 US 438 (1972) Planned Parenthood v. Casey 112 S. Ct. 2791 (1992) Planned Parenthood of Central Mo. v. Danforth 428 US 52 (1976) Akron v. Akron Center for Reproductive Health 462 US 416 (1983) Thornburgh v. American College of Obstetricians 476 US 747 (1986) Webster v. Reproductive Health Services 492 US 490 (1989) Rochin v. California 342 US 165 (1952) Employment Division, Dept. of Human Resources of Ore. v Smith 494 US 872 (1990)
Recommended Reading: • Sherwin, Callahan in Sex and Online
PowerPoint Presentation Abortion: click here to download
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