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Originally Posted by DaemonSeid
What is the legal allowed amount of time can a woman go before she is denied termination?
I thought it was the first trimester.
Is there a US standard or different between jurisdictions?
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The general
Roe rule was a trimester rule:
- First trimester -- a state cannot restrict a woman's right to an abortion
- Second trimester -- a state can regulate abortions procedure during the second trimester provided it does so in ways reasonably related to the mother's health
- Third trimester (or when the fetus is viable) -- a state can choose to restrict or proscribe abortion as it sees fit except that a state cannot prohibit abortion where it is necessary, in appropriate medical judgment, to preserve the life or health of the mother.
Later cases have modified this some, but it's still probably the basic rule of thumb.