{"id":137,"date":"2019-11-01T04:14:37","date_gmt":"2019-11-01T04:14:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.citruscountyrighttolife.com\/?page_id=137"},"modified":"2019-11-01T04:14:37","modified_gmt":"2019-11-01T04:14:37","slug":"roe-v-wade","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.citruscountyrighttolife.org\/?page_id=137","title":{"rendered":"Roe V. Wade"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

1973 Roe v. Wade<\/em> and Doe v. Bolton<\/em> Decisions Legalized Abortion in the U.S. for theFull Nine Months of Pregnancy<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Prior to 1967, abortion was prohibited in all 50 states except when the mother\u2019s life was in danger. Between 1967 and 1973, 18 states added further exceptions, mostly to allow abortion in cases of rape and incest, or for certain limited medical reasons, or on demand (New York).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 1973, the U.S. Supreme Court rendered two decisions, Roe v. Wade<\/em> 1<\/sup> and Doe v. Bolton<\/em> 2 which, taken together, have allowed legal abortion on demand at any stage of pregnancy in all 50 states. The two original decisions established legal abortion as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. In the first three months of pregnancy, no one can interfere with a
    woman\u2019s decision to abort her child.<\/li>
  2. After the first three months, but before the \u201cviability\u201d of the unborn
    child, an individual state can enact laws to protect the health of the mother but cannot prohibit the abortion of the unborn child.<\/li>
  3. After \u201cviability\u201d of the unborn child, an individual state can, if it chooses
    to do so, enact laws to protect the unborn child but abortion must be allowed if the life or \u201chealth\u201d of the mother is at stake. The Supreme Court defined \u201chealth\u201d as \u201cthe medical judgment that may be exercised in light of all factors \u2013 physical, emotional, psychological, familial, and the woman\u2019s age \u2013relevant to the well-being of the patient. All these factors may relate to health.\u201d 2<\/sup><\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Consequently, the broad definition of \u201chealth\u201d has made abortion legal up to the moment of birth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    References:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    1. Roe v. Wade, 410 U.S. 113
    2. Doe v. Bolton, 410 U.S. 179 (1973)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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