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The viability line has been a major point of controversy in the abortion debate. It was partly reaffirmed in Planned Parenthood v. Casey, [b] a 1992 case that struck down Roe ' s pregnancy trimester framework in favor of the fetal viability standard, typically 23 or 24 weeks into pregnancy.
The fallout from Dobbs v.Jackson Women's Health Organization and the resulting restrictive abortion policies are causing increasing barriers to abortion access in the United States, which is statistically negatively affecting, among other things, the health and well-being of birthing people and young children, with ripple effects to other populations.
June Medical Services had been considered a potentially important case on abortion rights in the United States, as it was the first abortion-related case to be heard by both Justices Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh, two justices that are considered conservative, giving the Court a conservative majority, and potentially threatening the Roe v.
How does Texas abortion law treat such cases? While some state abortion laws (see Indiana and Florida) include an exception for fatal fetal-health conditions, Texas law allows abortion only when a ...
Beal v. Doe, 432 U.S. 438 (1977), was a United States Supreme Court case that concerned the disbursement of federal funds in Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania statute restricted federal funding to abortion clinics. The Supreme Court ruled states are not required to treat abortion in the same manner as potential motherhood.
A sponsor of a Texas law that has prohibited the state's maternal death task force from reviewing abortion records — a measure that has left gaps in maternal mortality data for more than a ...
United States v. Texas, 595 U.S. ___ (2021), was a United States Supreme Court case that involved the Texas Heartbeat Act, also known as Senate Bill 8 or SB8, a state law that bans abortion once a "fetal heartbeat" [a] is detected, typically six weeks into pregnancy. A unique feature of the Act, and challenges to it, is the delegation of ...
[25] [29] The criminality of abortion at common law is a matter of debate by historians and legal scholars. [30] [31] [32] In 1821, Connecticut passed the first state statute legislating abortion in the United States; [33] it forbade the use of poisons in abortion. [26] After the 1840s, there was an upsurge in abortions.