Arguments have risen, decisions have been made. As humans we have a right to chose and think on our own, so why make laws that ban this right? Abortion has become a controversial issue in many states.
Laws began to appear in the United States in the 1820's, forbidding an abortion after four months of pregnancy.
Most abortions in the US had been outlawed by 1900. Illegal abortions were still frequent, though they became less frequent during the rule of the Comstock law which basically banned birth control information and devices. By 1965, all fifty states banned abortion, with some exceptions which varied by state: to save the life of the mother, in cases of rape or incest, or if the fetus was deformed. Groups like the National Abortion Rights Action League and the Clergy Consulation Service on Abortion worked to liberalize anti-abortion laws.
The Roman Catholic church opposed groups like these due to the fact of Christian conservatives that hated the idea of change and liberal change at that.
Prior to the U.S. Supreme Court's famous Roe v. Wade decision, abortions were permitted in certain states but banned in others. The court ruled in 1973 that,
(a)a woman and her doctor can discuss terminating the pregnancy during the firt trimester
(b)abortions must be available if the woman's health is at risk
(c)state governments can restrict abortion access after the first trimester with laws intended to protect the woman's health
Roe was a single pregnant mother that challenged the Texas criminal abortion laws. This law banned any abortions except to save a woman's life. "Does (a married couple) separately attacked the laws on the basis that an accidental pregnancy could find them unprepared for childbearing and could pose a hazard to the wife's health. The Does' appeal was rejected as being too speculative."
The supreme court found that these criminal abortion laws defy "the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, which protects against state action the right to privacy..."
(a)a woman and her doctor can discuss terminating the pregnancy during the firt trimester
(b)abortions must be available if the woman's health is at risk
(c)state governments can restrict abortion access after the first trimester with laws intended to protect the woman's health
Roe was a single pregnant mother that challenged the Texas criminal abortion laws. This law banned any abortions except to save a woman's life. "Does (a married couple) separately attacked the laws on the basis that an accidental pregnancy could find them unprepared for childbearing and could pose a hazard to the wife's health. The Does' appeal was rejected as being too speculative."
The supreme court found that these criminal abortion laws defy "the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, which protects against state action the right to privacy..."
Up to now abortions are legal in the United States. But the laws on abortion differ from state to state. Here is each state's laws on abortion:http://www.coolnurse.com/abortion_laws.htm
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