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    This document summarizes an academic paper that analyzes how references to ancient practices of abortion in Supreme Court decisions unintentionally reproduced arguments from historical Christian polemics. The paper was written by Tara Baldrick-Morrone from Wake Forest University and examines how mentions of abortion in Greek and Roman times in Roe v. Wade and criticisms of that historical analysis draw from ancient anti-abortion theological debates without acknowledging their origins.

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    This document summarizes an academic paper that analyzes how references to ancient practices of abortion in Supreme Court decisions unintentionally reproduced arguments from historical Christian polemics. The paper was written by Tara Baldrick-Morrone from Wake Forest University and examines how mentions of abortion in Greek and Roman times in Roe v. Wade and criticisms of that historical analysis draw from ancient anti-abortion theological debates without acknowledging their origins.

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    This document summarizes an academic paper that analyzes how references to ancient practices of abortion in Supreme Court decisions unintentionally reproduced arguments from historical Christian polemics. The paper was written by Tara Baldrick-Morrone from Wake Forest University and examines how mentions of abortion in Greek and Roman times in Roe v. Wade and criticisms of that historical analysis draw from ancient anti-abortion theological debates without acknowledging their origins.

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    CHRISTIAN SUPREMACY

    AND
    THE COURT: THE
    ACCIDENTAL
    REPRODUCTION OF AN
    ANCIENT POLEMIC
    Tara Baldrick-Morrone
    Wake Forest University
    [email protected]
    Roe v. Wade, 410 U.S. 113, 130 (1973)

    “We are also told, however, that abortion


    was practiced in Greek times as well as in
    the Roman Era, and that ‘it was resorted to
    without scruple.’”
    John T. Noonan, Jr., “Raw Judicial Power,”
    National Review 25.9 (March 2, 1973): 262

    “…By and large it is a conscientious if pedestrian review of


    the relevant literature. But it is a history that is undigested
    —better said, it is history that has been untasted. It has
    afforded no nourishment to the mind of the judge who set it
    out. He has not let it engage his spirit. He has not felt the
    pressure of loyalty to the persons of the past who have
    shaped our culture. He has not responded as a person to
    their perceptions.”

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