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'''Hall v. Lefkowitz''' was a court case on November 4, 1969<ref>"[http://www.leagle.com/xmlResult.aspx?xmldoc=19691335305FSupp1030_11150.xml&docbase=CSLWAR1-1950-1985 Hall v. Lefkowitz]." 305 F.Supp. 1030 (1969). www.Leagle.com.</ref> during which Roy Lucas, an assistant professor at the University of Alabama Law School, and his self-founded James Madison Constitutional Law Institute, sued to challenge New York's [[abortion]] laws. A three-judge court presided which included famous judge [[Henry Friendly]]. Friendly wrote a draft opinion in the spring of 1970 declaring government had right to regulate abortion and protect a [[fetus]], contrary to the later [[Roe v. Wade]] ruling. However, shortly thereafter the [[New York]] legislature amended state abortion law to allow abortion within the first 24 weeks of pregnancy, and Friendly's case was dismissed as unnecessary.<ref name=friendly>Randolph, A. Raymond. "[http://www.law.harvard.edu/students/orgs/jlpp/Vol29_No3_Randolph.pdf Before Roe v. Wade: Judge Friendly's Draft Abortion Opinion]." ''Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy''. Vol. 29.</ref> Friendly's draft opinion is as follows:

'''Hall v. Lefkowitz''' was a court case on November 4, 1969<ref>"[http://www.leagle.com/xmlResult.aspx?xmldoc=19691335305FSupp1030_11150.xml&docbase=CSLWAR1-1950-1985 Hall v. Lefkowitz]." 305 F.Supp. 1030 (1969). www.Leagle.com.</ref> during which Roy Lucas, an assistant professor at the University of Alabama Law School, and his self-founded James Madison Constitutional Law Institute, sued to challenge New York's [[abortion]] laws. A three-judge court presided which included famous judge [[Henry Friendly]]. Friendly wrote a draft opinion in the spring of 1970 declaring government had right to regulate abortion and protect a [[fetus]], contrary to the later [[Roe v. Wade]] ruling. However, shortly thereafter the [[New York]] legislature amended state abortion law to allow abortion within the first 24 weeks of pregnancy, and Friendly's case was dismissed as unnecessary.<ref name=friendly>Randolph, A. Raymond. "[http://www.law.harvard.edu/students/orgs/jlpp/Vol29_No3_Randolph.pdf Before Roe v. Wade: Judge Friendly's Draft Abortion Opinion]." ''Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy''. Vol. 29.</ref> Friendly's draft opinion is as follows:

{{cquote|JUDGE HENRY J. FRIENDLY’S DRAFT OPINION IN Hall v. Lefkowitz*

{{cquote|JUDGE HENRY J. FRIENDLY’S DRAFT OPINION IN Hall v. Lefkowitz*