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Laws banning abortion were starting to be passed
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Connecticut passes the first law in the United States barring abortions after “quickening.”
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Twenty states have laws limiting abortion
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Thousands of women are injured or killed from illegal "Back-Alley" Abortions
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Women created a movement to fight for their reproductive rights
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Colorado becomes the first state to liberalize its abortion laws
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Abortion became legal nationwide, but only if the fetus was conceived from rape or incest
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Alaska, Hawaii, New York, and Washington liberalize abortion laws, making abortion available at the request of a woman and her doctor.
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The supreme court rules that abortion can only be used to ensure the woman’s well-being
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The supreme court rules that abortion can only be used to ensure the woman’s well being
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The US supreme court struck down all criminal abortion laws on the grounds that a woman’s right to abort a pregnancy in the first trimester was protected under the right of privacy
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Harris v. McRae upheld the Hyde Amendment, saying that a woman’s rights were not violated by the ban
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President George W Bush signs the Partial-Birth Abortion ban act. The NAF then challenges the law in court.
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NAF wins lawsuit against federal abortion ban. Justice Department appeals rulings by three trial courts against ban.
