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==Legality==

==Legality==

In the United States, state governments can only restrict abortions after the first trimester.<ref name="court">[http://www.religioustolerance.org/abo_supr.htm Abortion Access, ReligiousTolerance.org]</ref> This means that a woman can freely decide to terminate her pregnancy in the first trimester, even if suffering no medical complications. In the Supreme Court case [[Roe v. Wade]], the Court found that:

In the United States, state governments can only restrict abortions after the first trimester.<ref name="court">[http://www.religioustolerance.org/abo_supr.htm Abortion Access, ReligiousTolerance.org]</ref> This means that a woman can freely decide to terminate her pregnancy in the first trimester, even if suffering no medical complications. In the Supreme Court case [[Roe v. Wade]], the Court found that:<ref name="court"></ref>

{{cquote|For the stage prior to approximately the end of the first trimester, the abortion decision and its effectuation must be left to the medical judgment of the pregnant woman's attending physician.}}<ref name="court"></ref>

==Fetal development in the first trimester==

==Fetal development in the first trimester==

The following is a list of developmental traits acquired by the fetus in the first trimester of pregnancy.

The following is a list of developmental traits acquired by the fetus in the first trimester of pregnancy.