catholiclifeguard:
In Roe v. Wade the Supreme Court ruled that abortion may not be restricted at all in the first trimester.[2] In the second trimester abortion may be regulated only for the mother’s health.[3] After “viability,” abortion may be prohibited except where necessary to preserve the mother’s health. [4]
Roe’s companion case, Doe v. Bolton, defined maternal “health” as: “all factors - physical, emotional…, psychological, familial, and the woman’s age - relevant to the well-being of the patient.”[5]
Thus, abortion is legal — and cannot be prohibited — in the 7th, 8th, or 9th months of pregnancy if any of these reasons is invoked.[6]
“[N]o significant legal barriers of any kind whatsoever exist today in the United States for a woman to obtain an abortion for any reason during any stage of her pregnancy.”[7]
http://www.secondlookproject.o rg/tslp_roereality.html
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www.voicesforlife.net
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