Abortion Movement: A Case Study

Other laws helped spark the abortion movement. The Doe v. Bolton law in 1973 prohibited laws that required the women to get admitted to the hospital, have her case approved by doctors, receive a medical opinion, or have her residency in a state approved before the abortion can be performed. However, the Supreme Court during the Webster v. Reproductive Health Services case in 1989 declared that life began at conception and refused to pass a law that banned the use of public funding for abortion counseling, which prohibited the use of public facilities for performing abortions and led to uncertainty about the abortion issue. While this case halted the success of the abortion movement, another case prompted the movement into motion again. The