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Summary Of Childless By Choice By Marian Faux

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Marian Faux is an author deeply engaged in writing about the basic personal matters of modern times. Her previous book, Childless by Choice, discussed the advantages and disadvantages of bearing children, and the effects that the legalization of abortion had on premature mothers. Yet, she channelled her visions of abortion into another book, Roe v Wade: The Untold Story of the Landmark Supreme Court Decision That Made Abortion Legal, where she not only, in depth, told the complete process of the Supreme Court case “Roe v Wade”, but also analyzed the worldwide aftermath of the decision, and the changes it brought in society. Prior to this effort, Faux attempted to summarize the subject of abortion into one book, in which, she claimed that “Abortion …show more content…

She lived in Augusta, Georgia, where she recalled being raped by an unknown group of individuals while walking home from selling tickets at the local carnival one night. In the weeks following, McCorvey moved back to Dallas, and soon showed signs of pregnancy, such as nausea and cramps, and eventually her nightmare became true. This was when her two lawyers filed suit against Dallas County District Attorney Henry Wade, who represented the state of Texas, due to the unconstitutional Texas abortion laws at the time. The popularity of the case rose before it even began, so McCorvey went under the alias of Jane Roe due to protection and privacy issues. Roe v Wade reached the Supreme Court on appeal in 1970. Yet, the legal process would not take place until a neighboring case, Younger v Harris, was concluded. Arguments started on December 13, 1971, with Weddington defending Roe, and lawyer Jay Floyd defending Wade. Justice Harry Blackmun requested the case be reargued, which occurred on October 11, 1972. Finally, on January 22, 1973, after two whole years of deliberation, the Court issued its decision, with a 7 to 2 majority vote of Roe. The holding was that “Texas law making it a crime to assist a woman to get an abortion violated her due process …show more content…

In the preface of the book, she states that “I was committed to writing an objective book about the legalization of abortion...After looking at abortion from every conceivable angle, I find that I am firmer than ever in my conviction that criminalization of abortion is wrong.” (page x). By this, Faux is saying that she aimed to write a fair, even-sided book about the topic, but still takes sides on the matter either way. Although this does not show in her documentation of the case, it could be the reason why she mostly discussed the reasons behind supporting abortion more often than opposed to abortion throughout the book. Another reason for this could be that since the book revolves around McCorvey and her abortion-approving lawyers, the thoughts of these people show more often in the book, while the perspective of people such as Wade or anti-abortion activists at the time were barely described in the

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