Wiki sez...
“The decision overturned all state and federal laws outlawing or restricting abortion that were inconsistent with its holdings.”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roe_v._Wade
Check this link, too.
“As a result, the laws of 46 states were affected by the Court’s ruling.”
http://www.oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1971/1971_70_18/
You must be young, TigersEye.
I remember the day we went from being a pro-life country,
to being a pro-choice country...all at the hands of the...
Men In Black.
I’m 52 and remember it well. See post #591 and #594.
From the wikipedia link you posted:
The decision established a system of trimesters that attempted to balance the state’s legitimate interests against the abortion right. The Court ruled that the state cannot restrict a woman’s right to an abortion during the first trimester, the state can regulate the abortion procedure during the second trimester “in ways that are reasonably related to maternal health”, and the state can choose to restrict or proscribe abortion as it sees fit during the third trimester when the fetus is viable (”except where it is necessary, in appropriate medical judgment, for the preservation of the life or health of the mother”).
***It appears that the Life of the Mother clause is not discussed for states prior to Roe v. Wade in that article.