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Reforming abortion laws
During this time, it was a nation wide effort to reform criminal abortion laws -
Griswold V. Connecticut
The Supreme court found that making it a crime to use birth control in marriages violated their right to privacy -
Making abortion Illegal
During the 1960s, abortion was so unsafe that 17% of all deaths due to childbirth and pregnancy were the result of illegal abortion. -
Eistenstadt V. Baird
Supreme Courts ruled that making it a crime for singles to use birth control violated their right, which is similar to the Griswold V Connecticut case -
Roe v Wade decision
The Supreme Court established a constitutional right to abortion under the, "Due Process Clause" of the 14th Amendment. -
Debates on abotion
Abortion debates began when the Roe V. Wade created politcal and legal upheaval nation wide. Some states defied Roe by passing new laws that prohibited abortions. Others, such as Pennsylvania tried to find a way around it by imposing procedural hurdles upon woman seeking abortions. -
Harris V McRae(1980), Hodgson V. Minnesota(1990)
These cases were attacks for the right to choose abortions. -
Aborton Control Act
Pennsylvania passed this act, which required women to give informed consent before abortion performance. There had to be a 24 waiting period, which women will be provided information about abortions. For minors, there had to be a parent consent, except in emergencies and wives had to tell their husbands. Finally, all Pennsylvania abortion clinics had to report themselves to the state. -
Casey V. Planned Parenthood
The Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of Roe V. Wade ; that the state is prohibited from banning most abortions. The states may regulate abortion to protect the health of the mother and may outlaw "viable fetuses" -
Criminalizing abortion
Stenberg V. Carhart (april 18,2007), Gonzales V Carhart ( April 18, 2007) and Gonzales V. Planned Parenthood upheld the first federal leglislation to criminalize abortion, "Partial Birth Abortion Act" -
Partial Birth Abortion Act
This legislation makes it a federal crime to perform a second trimester abortion, however it does not contain an exception for the womans' health.
