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The discourse about women’s psychological trauma first entered the legal conversation concerning abortion with the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision, in which pro-choice proponents argued that abortions could prevent the distress caused by an unwanted childbirth, according to Suk.

Author: By Jackson F. Cashion and Eric T. Justin, CONTRIBUTING WRITERS | Title: Humanities Center Fellow Addresses Abortion Discourse | 4/15/2010 | See Source »

But after Gonzales v. Carhart in 2007, psychological trauma has appeared in common legal decisions as an argument against abortion, Suk said.

Author: By Jackson F. Cashion and Eric T. Justin, CONTRIBUTING WRITERS | Title: Humanities Center Fellow Addresses Abortion Discourse | 4/15/2010 | See Source »

Gonzales v. Carhart signaled a move in Supreme Court jurisdiction toward a restriction of abortion rights, and it drew a connection between the threat of psychological trauma and partial-birth abortion.

Author: By Jackson F. Cashion and Eric T. Justin, CONTRIBUTING WRITERS | Title: Humanities Center Fellow Addresses Abortion Discourse | 4/15/2010 | See Source »

Jeannie Suk, a senior fellow at the Humanities Center, discussed at the Barker Center last night how the threat of psychological trauma experienced by women has affected the abortion debate.

Author: By Jackson F. Cashion and Eric T. Justin, CONTRIBUTING WRITERS | Title: Humanities Center Fellow Addresses Abortion Discourse | 4/15/2010 | See Source »

Attendee J. Shoshanna Ehrlich, a Women’s Studies professor at University of Massachusetts Boston, questioned whether this shift in the discussion of psychological trauma was actually more indicative of an “effort to re-galvanize the anti-choice movement.”

Author: By Jackson F. Cashion and Eric T. Justin, CONTRIBUTING WRITERS | Title: Humanities Center Fellow Addresses Abortion Discourse | 4/15/2010 | See Source »

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