hts do not deny this disturbing fact but often dismiss it by claiming that only one percent of all abortions are done in the last trimester. There are several problems with this statistical dismissal. First, the fact that third-trimester abortions are permitted for nearly any reason and that unborn children are left unprotected is significant in itself regardless of whether a small percentage of total abortions has taken place during this time. Second, since there are about 1.5 million abortions per year in the U.S., it follows that 15,000 (or one percent) of them are done in the third trimester. This means that 1,250 of them are performed every month (about 40 a day). This is no insignificant number."(Dr. Frank Beckwith, Roe vs. Wade: Abortion on Demand, www.roevwade.org)
             The litigation involving abortions have been plentiful. The monumental case of Roe vs. Wade back in 1973 made it possible for women to have abortions on demand. The woman involved in the case, Roe, decided that it was unconstitutional for any state to say that an abortion was not legal. She fought the state of Texas and the suit eventually reached the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court found it unlawful to not allow a woman to have an abortion as defined by the 14th Amendment and the right to privacy that is covered under the amendment. The Supreme Court decision affected many states laws regarding abortion and soon abortion rates rose year by year.
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