“Roe v. Wade was an embarrassment. It was an embarrassment at the time it was decided, and it has been an embarrassment ever since.”

— Charles Fried

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About Charles Fried

Jurist • American

Charles Fried was a distinguished American jurist, legal scholar, and professor at Harvard Law School. Born in Prague, he immigrated to the United States in 1941 and later became a naturalized citizen. He served as the...

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