Aftermath of the Abortion Decisions: Action in the Legislatures and in the Courts

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IT has become a cliché to say that the abortion decisions of the United States Supreme Court in 1973 left more questions unanswered than they answered. The basic holdings in the two cases were outlined in an earlier column.1 The American people were just about evenly, but very fiercely, divided about abortion, particularly abortion on demand, at the time of the decisions. Since the cases came down, the state legislatures have been very active in considering and in passing legislation.During the 1973 sessions, some 200 abortion bills were introduced in over 40 of the states. Twenty-eight states considered bills . . .

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