A POSTSCRIPT TO STRUCK BY STEREOTYPE

Reading the account of Captain Susan Struck's case, vibrantly told by Neil S. Siegel and Reva B. Siegel, brought me back to the summer of 1972. ACLU Legal Office staff counsel Joel M. Gora and I spent many hours in June and July of that year preparing a petition for certiorari, one we hoped wou...

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Published in:Duke law journal 2010-01, Vol.59 (4), p.799-800
Main Author: Ginsburg, Ruth Bader
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Abortion
Constitutional law
Employment discrimination
Equality before the law
Laws, regulations and rules
Pregnant women
Sex discrimination
Sex discrimination against women
Stereotypes
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Summary:Reading the account of Captain Susan Struck's case, vibrantly told by Neil S. Siegel and Reva B. Siegel, brought me back to the summer of 1972. ACLU Legal Office staff counsel Joel M. Gora and I spent many hours in June and July of that year preparing a petition for certiorari, one we hoped would engage the Court's attention. In the preceding year, the ACLU had taken on, along with 'Struck', several other cases challenging the rule, then maintained by all the Armed Forces, requiring pregnant service members to choose between abortion and ouster from the military. But Captain Struck's case was our frontrunner. We aimed to present the issue of reproductive choice through her eyes and experience. Captain Struck chose birth, but her Government made that choice a mandatory ground for discharge. We filed the petition on July 31, 1972 and were elated that fall, when the Court, on October 24, granted certiorari.
ISSN:0012-7086
1939-9111