The Human Body on Trial: A Handbook With

A thorough exploration of an individual's right to bodily autonomy versus the state's power to regulate and control the bodies of its citizens.

Series Foreword

vii

Preface

xi

PART ONE

Introduction

3

(26)

Constitutionalizing the Body

3

(2)

The Human Body as a Form of Property

5

(5)

The Regulatory State

10

(8)

The Right to Privacy

18

(5)

A Confusing Legacy

23

(3)

References and Further Reading

26

(3)

Historical Background

29

(22)

Medicalizing the Body

29

(4)

The Germ Theory

33

(1)

Eugenics

34

(4)

The Crusade for Birth Control

38

(5)

A Revival of Rights

43

(4)

The End of Life

47

(3)

References and Further Reading

50

(1)

Cases

51

(30)

Compulsory Vaccination: Private Rights versus Police Powers

51

(7)

Mandatory Sterilization: Eugenics on Trial

58

(7)

Contraception, Abortion, and the Right to Die: Privacy on Trial

65

(13)

Conclusion

78

(1)

References and Further Reading

79

(2)

Legacy and Impact

81

(146)

End-of-Life Issues on Trial

81

(10)

Biotechnology on Trial

91

(4)

References and Further Reading

95

(4)

PART TWO

Documents

99

(108)

Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution

99

(1)

``Anti-Vaccination Circular, Distributed during the Epidemic of Small Pox in Boston, 1901,''

99

(3)

Jacobson v. Massachusetts (1905)

102

(10)

Zucht v. King (1922)

112

(5)

Buck v. Bell (1927)

117

(7)

Skinner v. Oklahoma (1942)

124

(7)

Griswold v. Connecticut (1965)

131

(8)

Roe et al. v. Wade (1973)

139

(9)

Bowers, Attoney General of Georgia v. Hardwick, et al. (1986)

148

(5)

Webster, et al. v. Reproductive Health Services, et al. (1989)

153

(10)

Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania, et al. v. Casey (1992)

163

(18)

Cruzan v. Director, Missouri Department of Public Health (1990)

181

(9)

Washington, et al., Petitioners v. Harold Glucksberg, et al. (1997)

190

(8)

Oregon's Death with Dignity Act

198

(9)

Key People, Laws, and Concepts

207

(8)

Chronology

215

(4)

Table of Cases

219

(2)

Annotated Bibliography

221

(6)

Index

227

(10)

About the Author

237

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