Abuse of Discretion: The Inside Story of Roe v. Wade

Cincinnati Lawyers Chapter

Speaker: 

• Clarke Forsythe, Senior Counsel, Americans United for Life

Speaker: 

• Clarke Forsythe, Senior Counsel, Americans United for Life

Clarke Forsythe is senior counsel of Americans United for Life and the author of Abuse of Discretion: The Inside Story of Roe v. Wade (Encounter Books 2013).  Abuse of Discretion has been favorably reviewed in the Wall Street Journal, the Chicago Tribune, and other journals.  Jeffrey Rosen, President of the American Constitution Center, wrote in the Wall Street Journal that "Abuse of Discretion provides a cautionary tale about the political and constitutional hazards of unnecessarily broad Supreme Court decisions.”  As Senior Counsel at Americans United for Life, Clarke has been co-counsel for parties in three U.S. Supreme Court cases and has argued cases before federal and state appellate courts.  He has also testified before Congress and state legislatures.  Clarke has authored or co-authored 20 professional legal articles on constitutional and bioethical issues. His latest, entitled, “Roe v. Wade & the Legal Implications of State Constitutional “Personhood” Amendments, will be published by the Notre Dame Journal of Law, Ethics & Public Policy in April 2016.  His first book, Politics for the Greatest Good, which draws on lessons in political prudence from Thomas Aquinas, William Wilberforce, and Abraham Lincoln, was published by InterVarsity Press (IVP) in 2009. 

The cost of lunch and attendance is $15.00.  Members and non-members alike are always welcome.  Please RSVP by Wednesday, December 2 at noon to Matthew R. Byrne at [email protected].  Pay at the door or in advance by cash or check (payable to “The Federalist Society”).  We look forward to seeing you at the event.