Critics on the left and right pounced on a jurist for hearing arguments about whether the Civil War-era amendment provides a right to abortion. Here’s why they’re wrong.
Thirteenth Amendment
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Forced Labor: Why the Thirteenth Amendment Protects Abortion Rights
Roe v. Wade was built on a less-than-compelling Constitutional argument. But the right to choose is solidly grounded in the amendment that abolished slavery.
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The War Over the 13th Amendment and Modern Day Slavery
Its “servitude” clause allows prisoners to be put to work and underpaid—i.e. unpaid. How Senator Jeff Merkley and a band of activists are fighting back.
