Abortion - History of Abortion Law

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Abortion - History of Abortion in the United States

A brief outline of the way the abortion controversy has evolved in the United States.

Roe v. Wade - Overview of US Supreme Court Decision on Abortion

An overview of the Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision of January 22, 1973, which has shaped debate about abortion in America ever since.

Roe v. Wade - Text of the Supreme Court Decision

The actual text of the Supreme Court decision of January 22, 1973, including concurring and dissenting opinions.

Review: Roe v. Wade: Abortion Rights Controversy in U.S.

Austin Cline, About Guide to Agnosticism/Atheism, reviews the book by N.E.H. Hull and Peter Charles Hoffer, published 2001.

Abortion Case Law

An index to primary material on court cases related to abortion law.

High Court Rules Abortion Legal the First 3 Months

With a major front page headline -- with the news of Lyndon Johnson's death taking a bit of the center stage away from the article -- the New York Times announced the Roe v. Wade decision on January 22, 1973.

Roe v. Wade (1973)

Syllabus, full decision and edited decision of the Supreme Court in 1973, which limited the government's right to intervene in early abortion decisions made by a woman and her doctor.

Roe v. Wade 1973

A summary of the Roe v. Wade trial and decision, designed to be readable by non-lawyers and to help understand the trial which had such impact on women's history.

State Abortion Laws

A run-down of state laws establishing limits on abortions.

When Is An Abortion Not An Abortion?

Seth Mydans, in a 1970 article for the Atlantic Monthly, muses on the implications of calling the death of a fetus "murder."