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Bas relief at Angkor Wat, c. 1150, depicting a demon performing an abortion upon a woman who has been sent to the underworld. The Vedic and smrti laws of India reflected a concern with preserving the male seed of the three upper castes; and the religious courts imposed various penances for the woman or excommunication for a priest who provided an abortion. [3]
The abortion debate most commonly relates to the induced abortion of a pregnancy, which is also how the term "abortion" is used in a legal sense. [nb 1] The terms "elective abortion" and "voluntary abortion" refer to the interruption of pregnancy, before viability, at the request of the woman but not for medical reasons. [35]
Roe v. Wade, 410 U.S. 113 (1973), [1] was a landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court in which the Court ruled that the Constitution of the United States protected the right to have an abortion.
Roe v. Wade, the landmark case that made access to legal abortion a constitutional right in the United States, has been overturned by the Supreme Court, disrupting nearly 50 years of precedent ...
A look back at U.S. abortion laws and the Roe vs. Wade decision.
Performing an abortion because of economic or social reasons is accepted in 37% of countries. Performing abortion only on the basis of a woman's request is allowed in 34% of countries, including in Canada, most European countries and China. [44] The exact scope of each legal ground also varies.
Abortion is the termination of a ... Advancing maternal age and a woman's history of previous spontaneous abortions are the ... the codified summary of the ...
The decision overturned 50 years of legal precedent, first established by the court’s 1973 decision in Roe v.Wade, that secured a federal right to abortion.. It also handed over regulatory ...