In the 1973 landmark decision known as Roe v. Wade, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the Constitution of the United States protects a pregnant person’s liberty to choose to have an abortion – without excessive governmental restrictions.
The first recorded abortion was in 1550 and has been a fact of life since ancient times. However, it took that decision in 1973 to reinforce that this health service was a right in this country.
According to The Atlantic, the year after the decision the maternal mortality rate in New York State dropped by 45 percent.
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