... Amendment and on earlier Supreme Court decisions. 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." (Roe, 1973). This particular case was argued ... fetal viability, were limited to those that narrowly and precisely promoted real maternal health concerns. After the point of viability, the state was free to ban abortion or t...

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... disapproval of single or early motherhood, stigmatization of people with disabilities, insufficient economic support for families, lack of access to or rejection of contraceptive methods, or efforts toward population control. These factors can sometimes result in compulsory abortion or sex-selective abortion. An American study in 2002 concluded that about half of women having abortions were using a form of ... , and exposure at this or subsequent stages can cause reduced intrauterine growth and birth weight. Exposures above 0.005–0.025 Gy cause a dose-dependent reduction in IQ. The pr...

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