Mary Ziegler

A new understanding of the slow drift to extremes in American politics that shows how the anti-abortion movement remade the Republican Party “A timely and expert guide to one of today’s most hot-button political issues.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review) “A sober, knowledgeable scholarly analysis of a timely issue.”—Kirkus Reviews “[Ziegler’s] argument [is] that, over the course of decades, the anti-abortion movement...

The next phase of the war over reproduction in America What's next for the battle over abortion? Mary Ziegler argues that simply undoing Roe v. Wade has never been the endpoint for the anti-abortion movement. Since the 1960s, the larger goal has been to secure recognition of fetuses and embryos as persons under the Fourteenth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution,...

The leading U.S. expert on abortion law charts the many meanings associated with Roe v. Wade during its fifty-year history. "Ziegler sets a brisk pace but delivers substantial depth. . . . A must-read for those seeking to understand what comes next."—Publishers Weekly What explains the insistent pull of Roe v. Wade? Abortion law expert Mary Ziegler argues that the...

A new understanding of the slow drift to extremes in American politics that shows how the antiabortion movement remade the Republican Party. The modern Republican Party is the party of conservative Christianity and big business—two things so closely identified with the contemporary GOP that we hardly notice the strangeness of the pairing. Legal historian Mary Ziegler traces how the antiabortion...

The next phase of the war over reproduction in America Personhood is a field guide to the seemingly boundless tactical resourcefulness of the anti-abortion movement.”—Margaret Talbot, New Yorker What’s next for the battle over abortion? Mary Ziegler argues that simply undoing Roe v. Wade has never been the endpoint for the anti-abortion movement. Since the 1960s, the larger goal has...