Congressional Digest

Congressional Digest November 2021 No. 9 Vol. 100
Abortion in the Supreme Court and Congress

Abortion Access

Pros & Cons of the Women’s Health Protection Act

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Abortion in the Supreme Court and Congress

Roe v. Wade led to years of litigation over abortion access

In 1973, the Supreme Court issued its landmark abortion rulings in Roe v. Wade and Doe v. Bolton. In those cases, the Court found that Texas and Georgia statutes regulating abortion interfered to an unconstitutional extent with a woman’s right to decide whether to terminate her pregnancy. The Texas statute forbade all abortions not necessary “for the purpose of saving the life of the mother. …

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