Personal rights, such as the right to procreate--or not--and the right to die generate endless debate. This book maps out the legal, political, and ethical issues swirling around intimate family and personal rights. Howard Ball shows how the U.S. Supreme Court has grappled with controversial issues dealing with birth, marriage, sex, the family, childrearing, and death. The justices have been as divided on these issues as the American people. The Supreme Court in the Intimate Lives of Americans offers a look at these issues as they emerged and examines the manner in which the men and women of the U.S. Supreme Court struggled to resolve them.