Connecticut passes first law in the US barring abortions after “quickening.”
20 states have laws limiting abortion
Griswold v. Connecticut Supreme Court decision creates state law that prohibits married people info, instruction, or medical advice on contraception.
Colorado is the first state to liberalize its abortion laws.
Alaska, Hawaii, New York, and Washington get rid of its abortion laws, making abortion available to anyone.
Eisenstadt v. Baird Supreme Court decision makes the right of unmarried people to use contraceptives.
Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision makes abortion illegal
Congress takes on the first Hyde Amendment barring the use of federal medicaid funds to provide abortions to low-income women.
A revised Hyde Amendment is passed allowing states to deny Medicaid funding in certain situations.
Rust v. Sullivan upholds the "gag rule" from 1988, prohibiting doctors with federal funding from providing their patients info on abortions.
A planned parenthood case in Pennsylcania reaffirms that women have a right to abortion before fetal viability, but allows states to restrict abortion access.
The FACE Act forbids the use of "Force, threat of force or physical obstruction" to prevent someone form giving or taking reproductive health services.
Stenberg v. Carhart case rules that the Nebraska Statue banning ("partial-birth abortion) is unconstitutional and is an undue burden on women.
Food and Drug Administration approves mifepristone as an option in abortion care for early pregnancy.
A federal ban on abortion procedures is passed and signed by President Bush into law. The NAF challenges the law and is sucessful in blocking enforcement.
NAF wins lawsuit against federal abortion ban and the Justice Department appeals rulings by three trial courts against ban.