“[T]he woman's right to decide for herself... is now subject to regulation, and possibly even prohibition, by our elected representatives. ...Even as the public agenda is stretched to address... questions as the right to die, no issue threatens to divide us politically in... as powerful a way as the abortion issue...”

— Laurence Tribe

Source: Abortion: The Clash of Absolutes (1990), Approaching Abortion Anew

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