Word: briefings
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...fact, Moore is one of the signers of thehistorians' brief, which espouses that antithesisof the administration's opinion...
...historians' brief was submitted partly tocombat the "misuse of historical scholarship,"says Judith R. Walkowitz, a professor at RutgersUniversity...
...important for the Court to know thedepth of historical scholarship, rather thanmerely assume what social, cultural and legaldebates have meant," says Professor of the Historyof Science and Medicine Allan M. Brandt, the onlyHarvard professor to sign the brief. "Thesolicitor general's brief wasn't really based onhistorical context...
...historians' brief contends that"nineteenth-century abortion restrictions soughtto promote objectives that are today plainlyeither inapplicable or constitutionallyimpermissible...
...brief also notes that the illegality ofabortion in the 19th century had "differentialimpacts on different races, classes andethnicities of women," says Walkowitz. "Whilemiddle-class women seeking abortions were able toafford a safe and relatively hygienic procedure,poorer women were forced to resort to `back-streetabortions...