Publication Date
5-1991
Document Type
Article
Abstract
The United States Supreme Court decision in Webster v. Reproductive Health Services, one aspect of which upheld state conditions limiting delivery of late abortion services, underscores the need for safe and reliable means to perform abortion early in pregnancy. The Missouri statute reviewed in Webster raised an additional issue in its preamble, which contained the words: "The life of each human being begins at conception."' The Court saw no need to address the implications of this language yet, and is prepared instead to await a judicial challenge to legislation specifically providing for state intervention on these grounds. It is difficult to predict whether and to what extent the Court will find a legislative restriction on abortion early in pregnancy to be constitutional, but for many reasons, providing access to abortion at the earliest possible stage in pregnancy is advisable. Antiprogestin drugs permit a new, safe, and effective means to achieve early abortion.
Recommended Citation
Cook, Rebecca J.
(1991)
"Antiprogestin Drugs: Medical and Legal Issues,"
Mercer Law Review: Vol. 42:
No.
3, Article 2.
Available at:
https://digitalcommons.law.mercer.edu/jour_mlr/vol42/iss3/2