Abortion Controversy, The
Abortion Controversy, The | Chapter 3 Preface
Ever since abortion was legalized by the Supreme Court in 1973 in its landmark decision Roe v. Wade, abortion opponents have tried to restrict the procedure or overturn the ruling. In the late 1990s, abortion opponents focused on the medical procedure known as intact dilation and extraction, more commonly called late-term or partial-birth abortion. The controversial procedure is used during the second or third trimester of a pregnancy and involves partially delivering the fetus in order to perform the abortion. Since 1995 opponents of lateterm abortions have introduced bills in...
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