g5000
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Considering that the Supreme Court used viability as their standard, I will do the same, thanks.
Roughly following the quickening concept in common law, Justice Blackmun offered the states a formula to balance these competing interests. During the first trimester (first three months of pregnancy) the decision to abort would be the mother's and her physician. During the second trimester (months 4-6; the stage when quickening occurs), a state might regulate the abortion "in ways that are reasonably related to maternal [mother's] health." This meant that the state, recognizing several medical procedures existed to carry out abortion, must encourage the procedures which are safest for the mother's health. The fetus, at this stage, most likely could not live outside the mother's womb, so the mother's health is the primary concern. In the last trimester (months 7-9) until birth, a state might "regulate," even prohibit, abortion except to preserve the life or health of the mother.
Roe v. Wade (Supreme Court Drama) - eNotes.com
Guess what the state of Michigan is doing? It is this exactly. And it is this which vagina-girl opposes.
Surprise!
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