Foreword
In Roe v. Wade, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in 1973 that the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution protects a woman’s right to obtain an abortion prior to the fetus’s viability outside the womb. In the landmark 5-to-4 ruling, the Court held that "the right to privacy is broad enough to encompass a woman’s decision whether or not to terminate her pregnancy." The Court’s decision invalidated all State laws that regulated abortion during the first six months of pregnancy, except for those intended to protect maternal health during the second trimester. In the companion case of Doe v. Bolton, the…
