Showing posts with label life before Roe v. Wade. Show all posts
Showing posts with label life before Roe v. Wade. Show all posts

Thursday, November 13, 2008

Were women jailed for abortion before Roe v. Wade?

No.
...the almost uniform state policy before Roe was that abortion laws targeted abortionists, not women. Abortion laws targeted those who performed abortion, not women. In fact, the states expressly treated women as the second “victim” of abortion; state courts expressly called the woman a second “victim.” Abortionists were the exclusive target of the law.