Article 1191 states that Abortion was illegal anyone who knowingly killed an unborn child would be confined to jail anywhere from two to five years and if an abortion was done without the woman’s consent the punishment was doubled. Article 1193 states that even an attempt to commit abortion would give you a fine of no more than $1000. These are just two of the five articles which made up the Texas Abortion Law which was enacted in 1857. This law was never amended. Jane Ro

Since the case of Roe Vs Wade, Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, the first Female Supreme Court Justice has defined what is considered a safe abortion and what is murdering a child that is viable (capable of living outside of the mother’s womb). “Roe identified by viability at about seven months (28 weeks) or approximately 1000 grams, in weight, but recognized that it may occur earlier, even at 24 weeks. The twenty eight week old, weighing at least 1000 grams, now often has in the studies at least a 70 percent survival rate if born in or near a good hospital and a majority of these survivors appear normal after several years of follow-up” (A Legal Interpretation By: Robert D. Goldstein p.24).

e was a single woman living in Dallas Texas at the time of filing her action in Federal Court. She was unable to have an abortion because of the strict laws in Texas. Because of this, Roe brought suit against the district attorney Henry Wade. The case was not ruled in her favor but was l

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