Issues And Cases On Abortion

By CindyGarcia21

  • Earliest Medical Practice

    Abortions started to be done in the 1800s, but just like all surgical procedures, it was extremely risky.
    (https://prochoice.org/education-and-advocacy/about-abortion/history-of-abortion/)

  • Abortions becoming a crime

    the state of Connecticut passed the first law in the U.S barring abortions after quickening, which means after the fetus start to move

  • Limiting Abortion

    twenty states passed laws that restricted the availability of abortions.

  • Liberalize Abortion Laws

    Colorado, New York,Washington, Alaska, and Hawaii started to liberalize abortion laws, which made abortion available for who request it.

  • Roe v. Wade

    This Supreme Court Case made the decision that the constitution protects a pregnant women's liberty to choose to have an abortion without excessive government restrictions.

  • The Hyde Amendment

    the first Hyde Amendment is passed allowing states to deny medicaid funding except when the woman's life is in danger or due to rape.

  • Rust v. Sullivan

    Is the Supreme Court case that upheld the Department of Health and Human Services regulations prohibiting doctors and counselors at clinics which receive federal funding from providing their patients with information about the referrals of abortion

  • The FACE Act

    the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances act was enforced to prohibits the use or threat of force and physical obstruction that injured,intimidates, or interferes with a person seeking to obtain reproductive health services.

  • Stenberg v. Carhart

    Is the Supreme Court Case that was dealing with a law in Nebraska which congress decided to make "partial-birth abortion" illegal, without the regard of the women's health.

  • FDA

    The Food and Drug Administration approves mifepristone, also known as RU-486, as an option in abortion care. It will only work during the beginning of the pregnancy.

  • Abortion is Banned

    When Bush was president a federal ban on abortion procedures was passed by congress and President Bush signed it into law.

  • Abortions are legal

    The NAF ( National Academy Foundation) wins the lawsuit against the federal abortion ban.

  • Decrease In Abortion

    an estimate of 1.2 million abortions were performed, that is 8% fewer than in 2000. (https://www.guttmacher.org/journals/psrh/2008/abortion-united-states-incidence-and-access-services-2005)

  • Democrats v. Republicans

    Democrats strongly believe in Roe v. Wade and in the right that women have in making decisions regarding their pregnancy. while Republicans believe that an unborn child "has a fundamental individual right to life"
    (https://www.ontheissues.org/Celeb/Republican_Party_Abortion.htm)

  • kept decreasing

    The CDC requests data every year from all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and New York City. On 2014 a total of 652,639 abortions were reported.

  • Abortion Is Illegal In Some States

    In Georgia, Kentucky,Ohio,Mississippi, and Louisiana passed a "heartbeat" ban bills which doesn't allow a female to get an abortion when she's 6-8 weeks into her pregnancy.
    (https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2019-12-13/yir-national-briefs)

  • Louisiana Compared To Other States

    This State has the highest number of anti-abortion laws since it has been legalized nationwide. The state has 89 laws, while California, Connecticut, Hawaii, Oregon, Vermont and Washington have enacted zero.( usnews.com)