March 1972 attorneys filed a lawsuit
in U.S. Federal court on
behalf of Norma Mccorvey, a
Texas resident who wanted
to terminate her pregnancy.
The filing, Jane Roe versus Wade
argued that Texas's abortion
statutes were unconstitutional
and violated mccorvey's privacy.
Under 5 constitutional amendments.
In January 1973,
A seven to two Supreme Court
decision in favor of Jane Roe
rules that the constitution
protects the right to an abortion.
The all male justices found abortion
was a fundamental right for a
woman's life and future writing
that Texas had violated the rights
of Jane Roe with an abortion ban
that prevented her from having one
January 1974 on the 1st anniversary
of Roe anti abortion rights
activists gather in Washington DC.
For the first March for Life rally
to lobby Congress to change the law.
September 1976.
The Hyde Amendment a restrictive
measure prohibiting government
funds to be spent on abortions,
except in the case of rape,
incest,
or a threat to the life of
the woman is past June 1986.
Missouri's governor signed into law a
number of restrictions on abortion.
Several of them were subject
to court battles 1988 and.
1989 lawmakers in Pennsylvania amend the
state's Abortion Control Act of 1982,
adding five provisions including
informed consent before an abortion.
A 24 hour waiting period,
consent of one parent for a
minor to have the procedure,
and a husband notification
requirement for married women.
It was challenged by abortion clinics and
physicians as unconstitutional July 1989.
The Supreme Court's ruling in Webster.
Versus reproductive health services
upholds the law that the state of
Missouri enacted barring public employees
and public facilities from being
used to assist or perform abortions,
unless it's necessary to save the
life of the woman's June 1992.
Planned Parenthood of Southeastern
Pennsylvania versus Casey.
The Supreme Court's five to four
decision upholds the provisions requiring
informed consent before an
abortion on 24 hour waiting
period before a procedure.
And consent of one parent for
a minor to obtain an abortion.
The court did invalidate that
husband notification requirement.
November 2003.
President George W Bush signs into
law the partial birth Abortion
Ban Act prohibiting doctors from
performing late term abortions.
The law is challenged and blocked
by federal courts in California,
Nebraska and New York.
In April 2007,
the Supreme Court upholds the
federal ban on late term abortions,
ruling 5 to four in the
Gonzalez versus Carhartt case,
finding that it was not unconstitutionally
vague and did not impose an undue
burden on the right to an abortion.
July 2013.
Texas lawmakers enact House bill,
two with provisions requiring
doctors performing abortions to
have hospital admitting privileges.
No more than 30 miles from the
abortion facility and the facility
must meet the minimum standards of
an ambulatory surgical center under
state law abortion providers in
Texas challenged the requirements,
arguing that they violate the
14th amendment under Casey.
This challenge ultimately ends
up before the Supreme Court.
June 2014 Louisiana's Governor Signs
Act 620 a law nearly similar to
Texas's admitting privileges law.
Again,
the law is challenged by abortion
clinics and providers.
June 2016 the Texas admitting
privileges and surgical Center
requirements law is struck down
by the Supreme Court in a five
to three ruling June 2020.
The Supreme Court rules five to
four in the June medical services
versus Russo case to invalidate
Louisiana's admitting privileges law,
citing the court's 2016 Texas
decision May 2021.
The High Court agreed to hear
Dobbs versus Jackson Women's
Health Organization case.
The Mississippi law that bars
abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy.
Later,
Mississippi State officials would ask
the Supreme Court to overturn Roe and Casey.
September 2021 Texas enacts Senate
Bill 8 or the Heartbeat Act.
The first time a state successfully
imposed A6 week abortion ban
since Roe versus wade,
the act also gave members of the
public versus state officials the
right to sue anyone who performs or
helps facilitate an illegal abortion.
The Department of Justice
challenges SB 8 and in December,
the Supreme Court ruled to keep Texas's
ban on most abortions in place limiting.
Who can Sue State officials?
May 2nd,
2022 a 98 page draft opinion written
by Justice Samuel Alito in the
Mississippi abortion case is leaked.
Justice Alito wrote in his draft
that Roe was quote egregiously wrong
from the start and must be overruled.