The Supreme Court’s recent decision to revisit a nearly 50-year-old decision is prompting comparisons to Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale.
Roe v. Wade was passed in 1973 and established a longstanding precedent regarding a pregnant person’s right to have an abortion. The landmark decision protects a pregnant person’s liberty to obtain an abortion based on how far into a pregnancy they are. In the first trimester, the decision ruled that the government cannot prohibit abortions. In the second trimester, the government can step in slightly more, and is allowed to require stricter⏤but reasonable⏤health regulations. In the third trimester, abortion can be prohibited entirely except in specific cases.
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