Document Type
Brief
Publication Date
3-30-1989
Abstract
This Brief is submitted on behalf of 885 American law professors (see Appendix) who believe that the right of a womanto choose whether or not to bear a child, as delineated by this Court in Roe v. Wade, 410 U.S. 113 (1973), is an essential component of constitutional liberty and privacy commanding reaffirmation by this Court. To support our belief in the fundamental importance of the right of personal privacy within our constitutional system, and the centrality of reproductive freedom within that right, this Brief draws upon an extensive body of scholarship produced by numerous law professors many of whom are among those represented by this Brief-who bring to the issues involved a rich diversity of perspectives.
The Issues We Address: Amici address only the question whether Roe's central holding should be overruled or significantly weakened. We do not address other questions presented by this case concerning the compatibility of various provisions of Missouri's abortion regulations with Roe's central holding as it .stands.
Recommended Citation
Aleinikoff, T. Alexander and Gross, Samuel, "Webster v. Reproductive Health Services: Brief for a Group of American Law Professors as Amicus Curiae in Support of Appellees" (1989). Appellate Briefs. 7.
https://repository.law.umich.edu/briefs/7
Comments
Full list of signatories is attached as an additional file.