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Follow the journey of abortion law in the United States — from criminalization in the late 1800s to legalization in the early 1970s — and the ongoing battles for abortion access.
- Timeline of Attacks on Abortion
Anti-abortion politicians win election to Congress and state...
- State Attacks
Anti-reproductive health politicians are attacking access to...
- Latinos for Planned Parenthood
Promotores de Salud Program. Planned Parenthood affiliates...
- Planned Parenthood Black Community
Planned Parenthood Black Community - Historical Abortion Law...
- Attacks on Planned Parenthood
Anti-abortion politicians have been on a years-long crusade...
- Global Gag Rule
The global gag rule was first introduced by President Ronald...
- Federal Courts
What Happens When Anti-abortion Rights Politicians Stack the...
- Voting Rights
Why Voter Suppression Has Grown Worse. The U.S. became a...
- Timeline of Attacks on Abortion
27 mar 2018 · Roe v. Wade was a landmark legal decision issued on January 22, 1973, in which the U.S. Supreme Court struck down a Texas statute banning abortion, effectively legalizing the procedure across...
The English law on abortion was first codified in legislation under sections 1 and 2 of Malicious Shooting or Stabbing Act 1803. The Bill was proposed by the Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales, Edward Law, 1st Baron Ellenborough to clarify the law relating to abortion and was the first law to explicitly outlaw it. The Act provided that it ...
23 sty 2023 · Below is a timeline of court cases and more, from the nation’s first statutory abortion regulation in 1821 to efforts to control the distribution and use of contraception, to the Supreme...
6 mar 2023 · This Note traces the evolution of US constitutional law from Roe v. Wade (1973), which established a right to abortion, to Dobbs v. Jackson (2022), which overturned Roe along with Planned Parenthoo...
Abortion was a fairly common practice in the history of the United States, and was not always controversial. [10][35]At a time when society was more concerned with the more serious consequence of women becoming pregnant out of wedlock, family affairs were handled out of public view.
3 paź 2022 · This article examines the history of abortion legislation in the United States to promote better understanding of current antiabortion legislation and what these laws mean for patients and providers. (J GYNECOL SURG 38:320)
