Abortion Law:

Abortion Law is legislation that pertains to the legal provision of abortion. The least restrictive abortion laws are those that allow abortion without restriction as to reason, but most countries with such laws impose a limit on the period during which women can readily access the procedure.

Legal Activities

In the establishment of abortion law in Roe v. Wade, 410 U. S. 113 (1973), the United States Supreme Court decided the Constitution protects a woman's decision whether or not to terminate her pregnancy. In the similar case of Doe v. Bolton, 410 U. S. 179 (1973), the Court found that a state may not unduly burden a woman's fundamental right to abortion by prohibiting or substantially limiting access to the means of effectuating her decision. The Court's decisions served to fan the fires of heated debate and precipitated a plethora of governmental actions at the national, state, and local levels designed either to nullify the rulings or hinder their effectuation. Since the Supreme Court handed down its 1973 decisions in Roe v. Wade and Doe v. Bolton, states have constructed a lattice work of abortion law, codifying, regulating and limiting whether, when and under what circumstances a woman may obtain an abortion. These governmental regulations subsequently led to further litigation wherein resulting judicial refinements to the law have further failed to resolve the issues.