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During the span of mid to late 1800's, many states made abortions illegal. -
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By the time 1910 rolled around, all but one state has criminalized abortion. -
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During this time, legal abortions were prohibited. The criminalization of abortion did not stop woman from wanting to obtain abortions. -
March For Life
The first March for Life is held in Washington, D.C. Pro-life advocates March for Life every year on the anniversity of Roe v. Wade. -
Griswold v. Connecticut
This decisions strikes down a law that stopped married couples from gaining information on contraception. -
First ALI Model Abortion
The govenor of Colorado signed the first 'liberalized' ALI-model abortion law. This allows abortion in the cases of severe mental or physical disability of the mother or child as well as cases of rape. ALI is American Law Institute. -
First Supreme Court Ruling
United States v. Vuitch was the first Supreme Court ruling regarding abortion. ,This upheld the District of Columbia law permitting abortion only to preserve a woman's life or "health." The ruling defined 'health' as psychological and physical health, expanding abortion rights for every reason. -
Roe v. Wade
This is a landmark case in regards to abortion. This new law made it legal for woman to recieve safe abortions from well-trained medical practitioners. -
Manslaughter Charges
Kenneth C. Edelin, an abortionist, is found guilty of manslaughter of an unborn child.
This is then overturned in 1976. -
PAC
National Right to Life PAC is organized. -
Planned Parenthood v. Casey
Supreme Court ruled in favor of Planned Parenthood v. Casey. This established that states can restrict pre-viability abortions. Restrictions can be placed on getting abortions while in the first trimester as long as they do not put a 'burden' on the woman. -
RU 486
Those in faavor of pro-life demonstrate against RU 486 at sites across the United States. -
Partial Birth Ban Act
The U.S. Senate passes the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act, but in April of 1996, President Clinton issues his first veto of the law. This abortion is administered in the late second or early third trimester. This procedure is where the fetus is partially delivered before being killed. -
Anti-abortion Violence
Two bomb blasts an hour apart in Atlantic, destroying the abortion clinic, and harming those inside. -
Approval Of RU-486
Food and Drug Administration approves RU-486 as an option for abortion. -
Federal Ban
A federal ban on abortion procedures is passed. The National Abortion Federation immediately challenges the law in court, and they are successful in stopping the enforcement of the law. -
Anti-abortion Violence
Paul Hill, who was a former minister, was executed by injection. He was the first person put to death in the U.S. for anti-abortion violence. -
Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act
This ban prohibits a form of late-term abortion, partial-birth abortion, and fines and enprisons the doctors who complete them.