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Jan 27, 2017 · For most of American history, pregnancy, labor and delivery, and post-partum have been dangerous periods for mother and child. However, starting slowly in the late 18 th century and accelerating into the late 19 th century, labor and delivery radically changed.
- 19th Century - Bans on Abortion, Contraception
- Early 20th Century - Planned Parenthood Launches
- 1960s - ‘The Pill’ Approved, The San Francisco Nine Sued
- 1970s - States Legalize Abortion, Roe v. Wade Established
- 1980s - Abortion Provisions Struck Down
- 1990s - Planned Parenthood v. Casey, ‘Morning After Pill’ Approved
- 2000s - States Restrict Abortions, Roe v. Wade Overturned
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1821: The Connecticut General Assembly passes the first U.S. law banning medicinal abortionafter the “quickening” stage (when fetal movement is detected, generally around the fourth or fifth month of pregnancy). Punishment is a life sentence for the provider of the poison administered to perform the procedure. 1857: Led by Horatio Storer, the Ameri...
October 16, 1916: Margaret Sangeropens the country’s first birth control clinic in the Brownsville section of Brooklyn, New York. Nine days later police shut down the clinic and arrest Sanger, her sister, Ethel Byrne, a registered nurse, and Fania Mindell, an interpreter. After serving 30 days in prison, Sanger goes on to launch the Birth Control C...
May 9, 1960: Enovid, better known as “The Pill,” gains FDA approval, making it the nation’s first oral contraceptive. The IUD is granted similar approval in 1968. The advances offer U.S. women female-controlled birth control methods. June 7, 1965: In a 7-2 decision, the Supreme Court rules in Griswold v. Connecticut that the U.S. Constitution prote...
1970: Four states–Alaska, Hawaii, New York and Washington–legalize abortion. Health officials estimate that more than 400,000 abortions are performed in New York in the first two years after the practice was legalized. Hawaii, Alaska and Washington restrict abortions to women from out of state by requiring a minimum period of residencywithin their ...
June 15, 1983: In City of Akron v. Akron Center for Reproductive Health, the Supreme Court rules 6-3 to strike down abortion provisionsin an Akron, Ohio ordinance requiring a 24-hour waiting period, procedures in the first trimester to take place in hospitals and informed consent. ''It is fair to say that much of the information required is designe...
June 29, 1992: In Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania v. Casey, the Supreme Court upholds its 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling, reaffirming a woman’s right to an abortion. But the contentious 5-4 decision alters Roe, and also upholds abortion restrictions in the Pennsylvania law, giving states more authority to regulate the procedure. “The woman...
January 18, 2006: In a unanimous decision, the Supreme Court finds in Ayotte v. Planned Parenthood of Northern New Englandthat a New Hampshire statute requiring parental consent prior to an abortion is unconstitutional as it lacks a medical emergency exception. April 18, 2007: The Supreme Court rules 5-4 in Gonzales v. Carhart and Gonzales v. Plann...
“Timeline of Legal History of Women in the United States,” National Women’s History Alliance.“Timeline of Important Reproductive Freedom Cases Decided by the Supreme Court,” American Civil Liberties Union.“Reproductive Rights in History,” Duke University.“Reproductive Rights at the U.S. Supreme Court,” American Bar Association.- Lesley Kennedy
But Harlem, New York was the community that first nurtured Baldwin and provided the lens through which he cultivated his initial insights into the social, political, economic, and cultural milieux and inequities of the United States in the 1920s, ‘30s, and ‘40s.
Nov 21, 2017 · Between 1960 and 1980, white feminists employed the consumerist language of “choice” as part of the campaign for legalized abortion, even as Native, black, Latina, immigrant, and poor women struggled to secure the right to give birth to and raise their children with dignity and safety.
Oct 30, 2018 · In the U.S., children obtain their citizenship at birth through the legal principle of jus soli (“right of the soil”)—that is, being born on U.S. soil—or jus sanguinis ("right of blood”)—that...
Sep 1, 2023 · But, after 1808, enslavers in the United States could no longer legally import enslaved people. With this shift, enslavers stepped up the forced breeding of enslaved women.
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