The primary purpose of this issue brief is to focus on the current legislative action in the 107th Congress with respect to abortion; however, understanding that legislation requires a review of the U. S. Supreme Court’s leading decisions concerning a woman’s right to choose whether to terminate her pregnancy. For a detailed discussion of the case law, see CRS Report 95-724, Abortion Law Development: A Brief Overview
Since the introduction of a new type of anti-abortion legislation in the United States which bans ab...
Evaluates the constitutionality of the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2003, beginning with a gene...
This note presents a brief history of the common law relating to abortion, a definition of the curre...
The primary purpose of this issue brief is to focus on the current legislative action in the 107th C...
In 1973 the U.S. Supreme Court held that the Constitution protects a woman's decision whether or no...
Abortion statutes seek two ends: 1) a definition of the crime of abortion and 2) the creation of a p...
This report offers an overview of the development of abortion law from 1973 to the present. Beginnin...
In 1973 the U.S. Supreme Court held that the Constitution protects a woman's decision whether or not...
As a result of the recent congressional hearings held on proposed constitutional amendments designed...
Abortion is one of the most controversial and contentious issues of our time. Few topics generate as...
The Supreme Court\u27s 1973 decision in Roe v. Wade, which held that women have a federal constituti...
This Note addresses the limited impact of the Ninth Circuit’s holding in Planned Parenthood Arizona,...
Widespread national publicity and recent state legislative activity have focused a significant degre...
Aortion has long been, and remains, the most politicized medical procedure in the United States. It ...
In 1967 the California Legislature enacted the Therapeutic Abortion Act. Although the Act was consid...
Since the introduction of a new type of anti-abortion legislation in the United States which bans ab...
Evaluates the constitutionality of the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2003, beginning with a gene...
This note presents a brief history of the common law relating to abortion, a definition of the curre...
The primary purpose of this issue brief is to focus on the current legislative action in the 107th C...
In 1973 the U.S. Supreme Court held that the Constitution protects a woman's decision whether or no...
Abortion statutes seek two ends: 1) a definition of the crime of abortion and 2) the creation of a p...
This report offers an overview of the development of abortion law from 1973 to the present. Beginnin...
In 1973 the U.S. Supreme Court held that the Constitution protects a woman's decision whether or not...
As a result of the recent congressional hearings held on proposed constitutional amendments designed...
Abortion is one of the most controversial and contentious issues of our time. Few topics generate as...
The Supreme Court\u27s 1973 decision in Roe v. Wade, which held that women have a federal constituti...
This Note addresses the limited impact of the Ninth Circuit’s holding in Planned Parenthood Arizona,...
Widespread national publicity and recent state legislative activity have focused a significant degre...
Aortion has long been, and remains, the most politicized medical procedure in the United States. It ...
In 1967 the California Legislature enacted the Therapeutic Abortion Act. Although the Act was consid...
Since the introduction of a new type of anti-abortion legislation in the United States which bans ab...
Evaluates the constitutionality of the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2003, beginning with a gene...
This note presents a brief history of the common law relating to abortion, a definition of the curre...