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Connecticut passes first law in the US barring abortions after “quickening.”
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20 states have laws limiting abortion
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Griswold v. Connecticut Supreme Court decision creates state law that prohibits married people info, instruction, or medical advice on contraception.
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Colorado is the first state to liberalize its abortion laws.
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Alaska, Hawaii, New York, and Washington get rid of its abortion laws, making abortion available to anyone.
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Eisenstadt v. Baird Supreme Court decision makes the right of unmarried people to use contraceptives.
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Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision makes abortion illegal
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Congress takes on the first Hyde Amendment barring the use of federal medicaid funds to provide abortions to low-income women.
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A revised Hyde Amendment is passed allowing states to deny Medicaid funding in certain situations.
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Rust v. Sullivan upholds the "gag rule" from 1988, prohibiting doctors with federal funding from providing their patients info on abortions.
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A planned parenthood case in Pennsylcania reaffirms that women have a right to abortion before fetal viability, but allows states to restrict abortion access.
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The FACE Act forbids the use of "Force, threat of force or physical obstruction" to prevent someone form giving or taking reproductive health services.
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Stenberg v. Carhart case rules that the Nebraska Statue banning ("partial-birth abortion) is unconstitutional and is an undue burden on women.
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Food and Drug Administration approves mifepristone as an option in abortion care for early pregnancy.
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A federal ban on abortion procedures is passed and signed by President Bush into law. The NAF challenges the law and is sucessful in blocking enforcement.
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NAF wins lawsuit against federal abortion ban and the Justice Department appeals rulings by three trial courts against ban.