assed in 1973, detailed the question of whether the Constitution embraced a woman's right to have an abortion; the answer? The court held that a woman's right to an abortion fell within the right to privacy protected by the Fourteenth Amendment. The decision gave a woman a right to abortion during the entireity of the pregnancy and defined different levels of state interest for regulating abortion in the second and third trimesters. Most people believe this last statement means this bill only permits abortions up to 24 weeks, and afterwards it's only to save the life of the mother. This is untrue. What the bill states is that a woman can have an abortion for any reason in the first six months, and that in the last three, it is the state's RIGHT, not OBLIGATION, to restrict abortions except in the case of a mother's health. Health is defined very, very broadly, spanning social, economic, familial, psychological, etc, factors. What does this mean? Well according to Dr. Frank Beckwith, a professor at Harvard, Roe V. Wade "created abortion on demand; it is safe to say that in the first six months of pregnancy a woman can have an abortion for no reason, but in the last three months she can have it for any reason. This is abortion on demand." Now that you know what Roe V Wade detailed, you might find it ironic that Roe, the woman in question who fought for this right, now publically condemns it 25 years later. She said the country's "experiment with legal abortion is an utter failure" and that it is her "sincere prayer that there will be no 30th anniversary of Roe V. Wade."

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