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Roe v. Wade | 4. Roe Against Wade
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The Supreme Court's Decision to Legalize Abortion
Chief justice Harry blackman wrote the opinion that legalized abortion. Blackman understood that abortions became more dangerous as pregnancies progressed, so he said that states could make efforts to limit that danger. For the third trimester, a state can ban abortion, but has to have exceptions for life and health. All of this should have been infuriating to richard nixon. The only thing he cared about was winning re election. And when he did that, abortion didn't feel so important any more.
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