Abortion in the United States

In the United States, abortion is a divisive issue in politics and culture wars, though a majority of Americans support access to abortion. Abortion laws vary widely from state to state.

Quotes

• We need not resolve the difficult question of when life begins. When those trained in the respective disciplines of medicine, philosophy, and theology are unable to arrive at any consensus, the judiciary, in this point in the development of man's knowledge, is not in a position to speculate as to the answer.
  • Roe v. Wade, 410 U.S. at 159 (1973)

See also

• History of abortion
• Abortion case law
• Enslaved women's resistance in the United States and Caribbean
• Roe v. Wade
• United States anti-abortion movement
• United States abortion-rights movement