Approaches to History (393-0-28)

Topic

Abortion in the United States

Instructors

Katherine Masur
847/491-2849
Harris Hall - Room 202

Meeting Info

Kresge Centennial Hall 2-339: Mon, Wed 3:30PM - 4:50PM

Overview of class

This seminar offers an intensive exploration of the history of abortion in the United States. Using primary and secondary sources, the class will look at how women in the past terminated pregnancies, the drive to restrict or outlaw abortion in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the relationship between abortion regulation and other questions of constitutional "privacy," the reproductive rights and reproductive justice movements that emerged in the twentieth century, Roe v. Wade and other major Supreme Court decisions, the legalization of abortion and its consequences, and the anti-abortion movement of the 1970s and later.

To obtain permission, write Professor Kate Masur (kmasur@northwestern.edu).

Class Attributes

Historical Studies Distro Area
Permission of Instructor