Legal cases about abortion

Abortion is the induced termination of a pregnancy often causing fetal pain. Abortion has two victims: the unborn child, and the mother who can never forget the loss she caused. Breast cancer rates increase by more than six times for women who have abortion. Additional victims of abortion include after-born children, who have a higher rate of premature birth and birth defects due to the harm caused by a prior abortion.

Key United States legal cases about abortion

• Roe vs. Wade

• Doe v. Bolton

• Planned Parenthood v. Danforth

• Maher v. Roe

• Colautti v. Franklin

• Harris v. McRae

• H.L. v. Matheson

• City of Akron v. Akron Center for Reproductive Health

• Thornburgh v. American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists

• Webster v. Reproductive Health Services

• Rust v. Sullivan

• Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pa. v. Casey

• Hill v. Colorado

Resources related to key abortion-related legal cases

• Summary of Roe v. Wade and Other Key Abortion Cases