{"id":363,"date":"2022-05-05T09:46:58","date_gmt":"2022-05-05T09:46:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/lawlibrarian\/?p=363"},"modified":"2022-05-05T09:55:41","modified_gmt":"2022-05-05T09:55:41","slug":"roe-v-wade-or-how-to-find-international-resources","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/lawlibrarian\/2022\/05\/05\/roe-v-wade-or-how-to-find-international-resources\/","title":{"rendered":"Roe v Wade, or how to find international resources"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div id=\"attachment_370\" style=\"width: 522px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-370\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-370 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/lawlibrarian\/files\/2022\/05\/Roe-v-Wade-image.jpg\" alt=\"A scanned photo of the original black and white photograph taken by Lorie Shaull at the Supreme Court. Norma McCorvey, left, who was Jane Roe in the 1973 Roe v. Wade case, stands with her attorney, Gloria Allred, outside the Supreme Court in April 1989. They hold a circular sign that says 'Keep Abortion Legal'.\" width=\"512\" height=\"344\" srcset=\"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/lawlibrarian\/files\/2022\/05\/Roe-v-Wade-image.jpg 512w, https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/lawlibrarian\/files\/2022\/05\/Roe-v-Wade-image-300x202.jpg 300w, https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/lawlibrarian\/files\/2022\/05\/Roe-v-Wade-image-447x300.jpg 447w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-370\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Norma McCorvey, left, who was Jane Roe in the 1973 Roe v. Wade case, with her attorney, Gloria Allred, outside the Supreme Court in April 1989, where the Court heard arguments in a case that could have overturned the Roe v. Wade decision. [Photo by Lorie Shaull, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons]<\/p><\/div>If you&#8217;ve been online over the past few days it is likely you&#8217;ll have heard about the leaked majority draft from SCOTUS (Supreme Court of the United States) which suggests that landmark case<strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.cornell.edu\/supremecourt\/text\/410\/113\">Roe v Wade<\/a><\/strong> may about to be overturned. This news comes from <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2022\/05\/02\/supreme-court-abortion-draft-opinion-00029473\">Politico<\/a>,<\/strong> a political news company based in the USA.<\/p>\n<p>If you are interested in the outcome of this draft, you may be interested in finding reputable sources for American legal information. Fortunately we have access to several.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>We&#8217;ve created a video on <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/media.ed.ac.uk\/media\/1_lln4eghv\">International legal resources available through the University Library (8 mins 30 secs)<\/a>.<\/strong>\u00a0You can find information about how to access Westlaw US and Westlaw International at around the 5 minute mark.<\/li>\n<li>Just like the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scotcourts.gov.uk\/the-courts\/supreme-courts\">Supreme Courts of Scotland<\/a><\/strong> and the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.supremecourt.uk\/cases\/index.html\">UK Supreme Court<\/a>,<\/strong> decisions from SCOTUS are published <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.supremecourt.gov\/\">on their website<\/a> <\/strong>&#8211; the latest on their front page, or searchable decisions can be accessed through &#8216;Opinions&#8217; on the navigational bar.<\/li>\n<li>To find out more about the difference between federal and state laws, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uscourts.gov\/about-federal-courts\/court-role-and-structure\/comparing-federal-state-courts\">the US Courts website<\/a> <\/strong>has useful information.<\/li>\n<li>Previously we&#8217;ve blogged about the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfjp.law.ed.ac.uk\/\">Scottish Feminist Judgments Project<\/a><\/strong> based at the University of Edinburgh and the University of Warwick (book available via <a href=\"https:\/\/discovered.ed.ac.uk\/permalink\/44UOE_INST\/1viuo5v\/cdi_askewsholts_vlebooks_9781509923281\"><strong>DiscoverEd<\/strong>),<\/a> but did you know there was a <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/law.unlv.edu\/us-feminist-judgments\/scotus\">US Feminist Judgments Project<\/a><\/strong> too, which resulted in a book related to their findings including a chapter dedicated to Roe v Wade? You can access the book via <strong>DiscoverEd<\/strong>:<br \/>\n<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/discovered.ed.ac.uk\/permalink\/44UOE_INST\/7g3mt6\/alma9923969693202466\">Feminist judgments:\u00a0rewritten opinions of the United States Supreme Court<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li>For information about abortion laws in the UK and Ireland you may be interested in <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/health-19856314\">this article from the BBC<\/a><\/strong>, which outlines changes in Northern Ireland after the decriminalisation of abortion in October 2019.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In the UK the Act to amend and clarify the law relating to termination of pregnancy by registered medical practitioners came into force in 1967. It is referred to as <strong>The Abortion Act 1967<\/strong>, and the full text can be viewed on <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/uk.westlaw.com\/Document\/I607109A0E42311DAA7CF8F68F6EE57AB\/View\/FullText.html\">Westlaw<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t forget that when viewing legislation on Westlaw it is possible to view amendments and previous versions of Acts by using the navigational tools. In the below image you can see where to locate information about previous versions of this section. By clicking on each hyperlinked version title you will see the text of the Act as it was when each version was in force.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-365 size-large aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/lawlibrarian\/files\/2022\/05\/Westlaw-Abortion-Act-snippet-1024x704.jpg\" alt=\"Snapshot of a page of legislation from Westlaw UK. A red box highlights the area towards the bottom right of the page, showing that this section is version five of five, and listing the timeline for previous versions and the dates each was in force.\" width=\"584\" height=\"402\" srcset=\"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/lawlibrarian\/files\/2022\/05\/Westlaw-Abortion-Act-snippet-1024x704.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/lawlibrarian\/files\/2022\/05\/Westlaw-Abortion-Act-snippet-300x206.jpg 300w, https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/lawlibrarian\/files\/2022\/05\/Westlaw-Abortion-Act-snippet-768x528.jpg 768w, https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/lawlibrarian\/files\/2022\/05\/Westlaw-Abortion-Act-snippet-436x300.jpg 436w, https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/lawlibrarian\/files\/2022\/05\/Westlaw-Abortion-Act-snippet.jpg 1069w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>If you have any questions about finding legislation or reputable law sources for your research you can contact us on <a href=\"mailto:law.librarian@ed.ac.uk\"><strong>law.librarian@ed.ac.uk<\/strong><\/a> at any time to arrange an appointment with one of us. We\u2019d love to hear about your research and help you find academic resources for your work.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;ve been online over the past few days it is likely you&#8217;ll have heard about the leaked majority draft from SCOTUS (Supreme Court of the United States) which suggests that landmark case Roe v Wade may about to be &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/lawlibrarian\/2022\/05\/05\/roe-v-wade-or-how-to-find-international-resources\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":163,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[10,4,81,9],"tags":[82,38,28,24,51,50,26,37],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcADqd-5R","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/lawlibrarian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/363"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/lawlibrarian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/lawlibrarian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/lawlibrarian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/163"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/lawlibrarian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=363"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/lawlibrarian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/363\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":371,"href":"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/lawlibrarian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/363\/revisions\/371"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/lawlibrarian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=363"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/lawlibrarian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=363"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/lawlibrarian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=363"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}