[nomadking]

Originally Posted by BenMcr

Or they already knew it happened and didn't want to ban it

https://www.history.com/topics/women...ore-roe-v-wade

So still not a Constitutional right, back then.

In the late 1850s, the newly established American Medical Association began calling for the criminalization of abortion, partly in an effort to eliminate doctors’ competitors such as midwives and homeopaths.

If it was legal at a federal level, how come States had to pass laws allowing it?

Meanwhile, in 1970, Hawaii became the first state to legalize abortion, although the law only applied to the state’s residents. That same year, New York legalized abortion, with no residency requirement. By the time of Roe v. Wade in 1973, abortion was also legally available in Alaska and Washington.

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Originally Posted by Mad Max

Really? That's not what I'm seeing on the news.

There is a list of States in the link.
The problem is that the exceptions allowed will end up be so widely defined as to allow abortion on demand. The number of rape and incest cases is going to magically shoot up to match those wanting abortions.