What are Roe v Wade and Doe v Bolton and how did these cases affect abortion law?
The 1973 Supreme Court case of Roe v. Wade decisions superceded all state laws prohibiting abortion. It allowed abortion on demand during the first trimester but only allowed abortion for life and health reason for the remainder of pregnancy. However, Roe’s companion case of Doe v. Bolton defined health asd, “all factors – physical, emotional, psychological, familial, and the woman’s age relevant to the well-being of the patient. All these factors may relate to health.” This effectively allowed abortion on demand through all nine months of pregnancy. Abortion in Arizona (Click Here for a printable pdf. version of this section) How many abortions are performed in Arizona annually? According to the Arizona Department of Health Services, 10,486 abortions were performed on Arizona women in 2007. 3,761 of these abortions were non-surgical medication abortions (i.e. RU-486) while the remaining 6,725 were surgical abortions. The Centers for Disease Control also supports these figures but the
