Compelling Interest, Roger Resler
Compelling Interest, Roger Resler
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Compelling Interest
The Real Story behind Roe v. Wade

Author: Roger Resler

Narrator: Roger Resler

Abridged: 12 hr 21 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 11/21/2012

Synopsis

Is a fetus a person?Is “pro-choice” a neutral position?For 40 years since the landmark Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision, the abortion debate has been highly charged and politicized. Questions like these—and passionate but widely varying answers—have become the common language of the public dialogue on this issue. Yet behind the scenes of this historic case are other intriguing questions:· How did the Supreme Court come to be involved in the abortion debate?· Was language manipulated to affect the outcome?· What was the moral basis underlying the decision?In Compelling Interest, author Roger Resler draws on original sources, including the actual transcripts for oral arguments, the majority and minority opinions, and comments by the lawyers and others involved to take a careful look at the real story behind the historic Roe v. Wade decision.Resler includes conversations with experts, including sociology professor Dr. William Brennan, the late Dr. Mildred Jefferson and Dr. Carolyn Gerster who co-founded the National Right to Life Committee, prolific author and speaker Randy Alcorn, bioethics professor Dr. Gerard Magill, perinatologist Dr. James Thorp, and photojournalist Michael Clancy.This carefully researched book speaks with a thought-provoking, balanced voice that stands out from the usual partisan rhetoric on the topic.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Greg on August 01, 2013

I originally thought this was some sort of book on finances, imagine my surprise when I found out it was in relation to the abortion debate raging in American and centering on the Roe vs Wade case. This book should be compulsory reading for any parent-to-be (not just the mother), if they are consider......more

Goodreads review by Ashley on April 19, 2016

I found Compelling Interest on sale at our local bookstore, so I decided to buy it. I don't know a whole lot about Roe vs Wade, the Supreme Court case in the 1970s that legalized abortion, but Compelling Interest answers a lot of questions! What was the background of the case? What were the ma......more

Goodreads review by Roger on July 25, 2022

Roger Resler has written the definitive argument against the killing of unborn Children. With clear, logical language he takes each argument for abortion and shows the logical fallacies and language twisting pro-abortionists have to use to make it acceptable. This book is not written in an overly emo......more

Goodreads review by Rich on May 11, 2016

This book needs to have a wide reading. The best sections are on the legal processes that took place during the arguments of Roe v. Wade. Among the surprising facts, Resler shows just how poorly prepared the legal defense was. Had they been in better shape, legal history may have turned out differen......more

Goodreads review by Callie on July 30, 2014

This book's subtitle is "The real story behind Roe v. Wade", but I felt like it was so much more than even that. The first several chapters tell the story of how Roe v. Wade was won, and the rest of the book goes on go discuss the legal ramifications of that decision and the logical aspects of both......more

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