![]() ![]() ![]() In early 2019, some states passed laws related to abortion and abortion access that political commentators said were in response to the possibility that the Supreme Court would revisit its rulings in Roe and Casey. Casey (1992), the court reaffirmed the central holding of Roe (abortion access is protected by the 14th Amendment) but threw out the trimester framework and said states could regulate abortion prior to fetal viability if the regulation does not impose an undue burden ( defined below) on a woman seeking an abortion. The high court held, however, that states could regulate abortions after the first trimester of pregnancy. Wade, finding that state laws criminalizing abortion violated a woman's right to privacy provided by the Due Process Clause of the U.S. In 1973, the Supreme Court of the United States issued its ruling in Roe v. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. ![]()
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