Fla. doctor investigated in badly botched abortion

[DaemonSeid]

Originally Posted by MysticCat

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'sl health
• Third trimester -- a state can choose to restrict or proscribe abortion as it sees fit (or when the fetus is viable) 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.

Thanks both of you.