Roe v. Wade

WHY CAN'T WE LOVE THEM BOTH
by Dr. and Mrs. J.C. Willke
CHAPTER 8
POST ROE VS. WADE

On January 22, 1973, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down all laws in every state that in any way had protected the lives of developing unborn children. It legalized abortion in all 50 states, for the full nine months of pregnancy, for social and economic reasons.
It created a new, basic constitutional right for women in the right to privacy which the Supreme Court had created only a few years earlier. That right to privacy was "broad enough to encompass a woman’s right to terminate her pregnancy."
It stated that the law protects only "legal persons" and that "legal personhood does not exist prenatally."
It authorized no legal restrictions on abortion in the first three months.
No restrictions from then until viability except those needed to make the procedure safer for the mother.
Abortion was allowed until birth if one licensed physician judged it necessary for the mother’s "health."
Roe vs. Wade, U.S. Supreme Court 410 U.S. 113, 1973
Doe vs. Bolton, U.S. Supreme Court 410 U.S. 179, 1973