Doe v. Bolton

Since Roe, Protections for Women's Health Embedded in Abortion Law

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by Michelle Movahed and Meredith Zingraff, Center for Reproductive Rights

October 17, 2008 - 7:00am (Print)

The United States Constitution protects each and every woman against any law that would force her to carry to term any pregnancy which jeopardizes her life or her health.
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A Brief History of the 'Health Exception'

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by Vicki Saporta, National Abortion Federation

July 8, 2008 - 7:00am (Print)

Roe v. Wade gave us a federal statute to ensure abortion access after viability when a threat to the health of the pregnant woman was at stake. The federal abortion ban took it away.
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