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Choosing the Right to Choose: Roe v. Wade and the Feminist Movement to Legalize Abortion in Martial-Law Taiwan

Choosing the Right to Choose: Roe v. Wade and the Feminist Movement to Legalize Abortion in... Choosing the Right to Choose Roe v. Wade and the Feminist Movement to Legalize Abortion in Martial- Law Taiwan Chao- Ju Chen Introduction: The Many Faces of Roe V. Wade Decided in 1973, Roe v. Wade is one of the most renowned US Supreme Court decisions. In the United States Roe has become an icon for women’s right to abortion and is described as “an engine of controversy,” giving rise to what Joan Williams has called “a gender wa r over the issue of whether women are or should be citizens of the republic of choice.” Roe’s impact has also extended beyond the United States. Although the international movement for abortion law reform began years before Roe, and some countries, such as Japan, the Soviet Union, and Britain, have had legalized abortion since the 1950s, Roe both informed and was informed by a larger global movement to recognize women’s reproductive freedom and equality. Th e High Court of Pretoria in South Africa referred to Roe in endorsing women’s right to abortion. Th e Su- preme Court of Canada used the rulings of Roe v. Wade and Doe v. Bolton as grounds to fi nd the Criminal Code of Canada’s http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Frontiers: A Journal of Women Studies University of Nebraska Press

Choosing the Right to Choose: Roe v. Wade and the Feminist Movement to Legalize Abortion in Martial-Law Taiwan

Chen, Chao-ju.
Frontiers: A Journal of Women Studies , Volume 34 (3) – Dec 11, 2013
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Choosing the Right to Choose Roe v. Wade and the Feminist Movement to Legalize Abortion in Martial- Law Taiwan Chao- Ju Chen Introduction: The Many Faces of Roe V. Wade Decided in 1973, Roe v. Wade is one of the most renowned US Supreme Court decisions. In the United States Roe has become an icon for women’s right to abortion and is described as “an engine of controversy,” giving rise to what Joan Williams has called “a gender wa r over the issue of whether women are or should be citizens of the republic of choice.” Roe’s impact has also extended beyond the United States. Although the international movement for abortion law reform began years before Roe, and some countries, such as Japan, the Soviet Union, and Britain, have had legalized abortion since the 1950s, Roe both informed and was informed by a larger global movement to recognize women’s reproductive freedom and equality. Th e High Court of Pretoria in South Africa referred to Roe in endorsing women’s right to abortion. Th e Su- preme Court of Canada used the rulings of Roe v. Wade and Doe v. Bolton as grounds to fi nd the Criminal Code of Canada’s

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Published: Dec 11, 2013

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