What are current abortion laws?
Abortion is legal in all 50 states, however North Dakota just tried to challenge that law by stating that “person-hood” begins at conception. They are attempting to challenge the Supreme Court rulings that specifically state that banning abortion is unconstitutional. Partial birth abortions are not legal that I know of. Abortions are only legal until the fetus is viable (meaning that the fetus would be able to live on its own outside the woman’s womb or with hospital equipment.) So no, it is not legal for all 9 months. Generally the beginning of the third trimester, is the cut off point. The current law is from Planned Parenthood v. Casey, which amended Roe v. Wade, that states that abortions before viability are legal but that the states can impose some restrictions as long as it doesn’t present an undue burden on the mother attempting to get the abortions. Some of the legal restrictions that states may impose are: – Mandatory 24 hour waiting period. – That they have to receive inform
