It was determined that a woman's decision to terminate her pregnancy is a "liberty" protected against state interference by the substantive component of the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment and that this right was "broad enough to encompass a woman's decision whether or not to terminate her pregnancy." ... The court required the state to justify any interference with the abortion decision by showing that it had a "compelling interest" in doing so and that restrictions on abortions performed before fetal viability, were limited to those that narrowly and precisely promot...

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