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Abortion Law of Colorado
Colorado Governor John A Love signs the first "liberalized" ALI-model abortion law in the United States, allowing abortion in cases of permanent disability of either the child or mother. Also in cases of rape or incest -
United States v. Vuitch
A doctor who performed abortions fought to legalize them.The Supreme Court stated that abortion is allowed only to preserve a womans health or life -
Roe v. Wade
In the first trimester, a state could enact no regulation. In the second trimester, the state could enact some regulation, but only for the purpose of protecting the womans health. In the third trimester, abortion was only allowed if the mothers life was in danger -
Planned Parenthood of Central Missouri v. Danforth
This was filed on two physicans who oversaw abortions in Missouri. The case ended in requiring parents consent in order to receive an abortion. -
Harris v. McRae
Concluded it is unconsitutional for a woman to receive an abortion at a public expense -
City of Akron v. Akron Center for Reproductive Health
A 6 to 3 vote concluded that a 15 year old girl must have parent consent to get an abortion even if her maturity level was high enough to make her own choices -
Stenberg v. Carhart
A 5 to 4 decision set a nebraska law which banned partial birth abortions. The only exception was cases in which the womans health was in danger
