Short History of Abortion:
1821 – USA’s first abortion regulation enacted in Connecticut to protect women against abortion inducement through poison
1856 – Pro-lifer Horatio Storer established a drive by AMA to end legal abortion
1873 – Comstock Act bans access to information about abortion and birth control
1890 – Abortion regulated by statues advocated by the AMA permitted upon referral of physician that it will save the life of a mother
1959 – ALI proposes model penal code for state abortion laws
1961 – Vacuum-style abortions spread and are thought to be safer than other methods
1961 – President Kennedy calls for appeal of abortion laws
1970 – Hawaii becomes the first state to allow abortions performed before 20 weeks of pregnancy and New York repeals criminal abortion law
1972 – Eisenstadt v. Baird
1973 – Roe v. Wade; Comstock Act repealed; Doe v. Bolton
1979 – Bellotti v. Baird
1980 – Harris v. McRae
1989 – Webster v. Reproductive Health Services
1992 – Planned Parenthood v. Casey
1993 – President Clinton lifts ban that forbids doctors in a clinic from mentioning abortion as an option
2003 – Partial Birth ban Act of 2003
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