Abortion Law Development: A Brief Overview

Lewis, Karen J. ; Shimabukuro, Jon O.

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

关键词: Abortion;    Supreme Court decisions;    Unborn children (law);    Law;    Children;   

RP-ID  :  95-724 A
RP-ID  :  95-724 A 2001-01-02

美国|英语

来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

This report offers an overview of the development of abortion law from 1973 to the present. Beginning with a brief discussion of the historical background, the report analyzes the leading Supreme Court decisions over the past twenty-eight years, emphasizing particularly the landmark decisions in Roe and Doe, the Court’s shiftin direction in Webster v. Reproductive Health Services and Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania v. Casey, and the Court’s most recent decision on abortion, Stenberg v. Carhart. The Court’s decisions on the constitutionality of restricting public funding for abortion are also discussed.