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Abortion
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Abortion
1. ... Casey Abortion in the United States Before Roe When Roe v. Wade was decided in January 1973, abortion except to save a womans life was banned in nearly two-thirds of the states. ... 2 million women resorted to illegal abortion,4 despite the known hazards "of frightening trips to dangerous locations in strange parts of town; of whiskey as an anesthetic; of doctors who were often marginal or unlicensed practitioners, sometimes alcoholic, sometimes sexually abusive; unsanitary conditions; incompetent treatment; infection; hemorrhage; disfiguration; and death. ... 14 The Roe Compromise Although Roe invalidated restrictive abortion laws that disregarded womens right to privacy, the Court recognized a states valid interest in potential life. ... The Court held that a woman has the right to choose abortion until fetal viability, but that the states interest generally outweighs the womans right after that point.17 Accordingly, after viability -- the time at which it first becomes realistically possible for fetal life to be maintained outside the womans body -- the state may ban any abortion not necessary to preserve a womans life or health.18 25 Years of Roe: A Better Life for Women By invalidating laws that forced women to resort to back-alley abortion, Roe was directly responsible for saving womens lives.
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Title: Abortion
Words: 1029
Rating: None
Pages: 4.1
submitted by: trish1
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