The Evil Twins - Roe and Doe: How the Supreme Court Unleashed Medical Killing (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9798586627568)

On January 22, 1973, the United States Supreme Court released two, interlocked abortion decisions overturning the laws of all 50 states. Only one, Roe v. Wade, tends to get much media attention, and it is popularly said that it grants a 'woman's right to choose'. But Justice Blackmun is in several places quite adamant: though it had been explicitly sought, he was not granting a women the 'right to choose.' In Doe v Bolton, the second and often unexamined, companion decision, Blackmun is explicit. The right he is granting is to the doctor. There is to be no cloud of prosecution. The 'freedom to choose' was granted to the physician. For the first time in Western Civilization the doctor was no longer constrained by the oath to 'never harm' another human being; the doctor was free to kill. Medical ethics has never been the same and the repercussions are still being felt.

Author: Brian Johnston
ISBN-10: 8586627569
ISBN-13: 9798586627568
Publisher: Independently Published
Language: English
Published: 04/08/2021
Pages: 164
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.43lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.35d