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Originally Posted by PCALMike
I havent sent you any message. I am just curious which states allow 8 month pregnant women to abort for no specific reason at all.
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None now. I was clear, RvW along with its companion piece DvB did. Don't be like others and try and narrow your argument down to extremely narrow requirements also.
RvW made abortion a right defined by the right to privacy. It allowed pretty much no restrictions in the first trimester. They then argued that in the interest of the woman's health their could be restrictions as to where abortions can be performed. Lastly they noted the fetus had rights at viability and that states could enact restrictions at viability which at that time was listed as the third trimester. (viability is now earlier with new technologies).
This is what it laid out. It did NOT do anything of these things other than the first part, it just allowed for the other things if laws were passed. So without the law in place, it was allowed. Not all states enacted laws. NY did. Kansas did not.
Doe v Bolton then noted that a restriction for simple "health" meant for any reason. Simply saying "I am not ready to be a mother" was a health reason. It's why there is always a debate to enact "Life" as opposed to simply "Health". It's why Henry Hyde made sure the Hyde Amendment specifically said "Life".