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Timestamp: 2019-04-19 12:14:28+00:00

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1 Conn. Gen. Stat. Ann. § 53-29 (West 1958).
2 Conn. Gen. Stat. Ann. § 53-30 (West 1958). No prosecutions were reported under this statute.
3 See Abele v. Markle, 342 F.Supp. 800 (D. Conn. 1972), judgment vacated and cause remanded for consideration of question of mootness, 410 U.S. 951 (1973).
4 See 1972 Conn. Acts 1, § 1 (Spec. Sess.), codified as Conn Gen. Stat. Ann. § 53-31a (West Supp. 1972).
6 See Abele v. Markle, 351 F.Supp. 224 (D. Conn. 1972), judgment vacated and cause remanded for further proceedings in light of Roe v. Wade, 410 U.S. 951 (1973).
7 Abele v. Markle, 369 F.Supp. 807 (D. Conn. 1973).
8 1990 Conn. Acts 90-113, § 4 (Reg. Sess.).
9 In repealing its pre-Roe statutes, Connecticut enacted a new section which provides that “The decision to terminate a pregnancy prior to the viability of the fetus shall be solely that of the pregnant woman in consultation with her physician.” Id. § 3(a), codified as Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-602(a) (West 2003). No such statement of public policy is required to make abortion legal in any State. In the absence of specific legislation making abortion criminal (either pre- or post-Roe), abortion would remain legal even if Roe v. Wade were overruled.
10 Because of its undefined health exception, Connecticut’s post-viability statute, see Conn. Gen. Stat. ann. § 19a-602(b) (West 2003), would not effectively prohibit post-viability abortions. In interpreting the undefined health exception in the pre-Roe District of Columbia abortion statute, the Supreme Court held that “the general usage and modern understanding of the word ‘health’ . . . includes psychological as well as physical well-being.” United States v. Vuitch, 402 U.S. 62, 72 (1971). See also Doe v. Bolton, 410 U.S. 179, 192 (1973) (in determining whether an abortion is medically necessary, “all factors– physical, emotional, psychological, familial, and the woman’s age–relevant to the well-being of the patient” may be considered). There would be few, if any, abortions that could not be justified on psychological or emotional grounds.

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