Posted: August 25th, 2013

Gender Law

Roe v. Wade (1973) has been widely criticized on political, moral, and legal grounds. Pro-life activists have mounted massive campaigns against the decision. Many Republican Presidents have promised to appoint Supreme Court Justices who would overrule the decision.
Why, then, is the decision still around now, almost 40 years later? What can we learn about gender, law, and politics from the failure of conservatives to overrule Roe?