In Roe v.Wade,the Supreme Court ruled that the state had a right to regulate all aspects of second-trimester abortions,and that in the third trimester,abortions would only be legal if the life and health of the mother were at stake.

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In Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court ruled that the state had a right to regulate abortion in the second and third trimesters, but also recognized a woman's right to choose to have an abortion in the first trimester without undue interference from the state. In the second trimester, the state could regulate abortions to protect the woman's health, but not to the extent that it placed a substantial obstacle in the way of the woman's right to choose. In the third trimester, the state could regulate and prohibit abortions that were not necessary to protect the life or health of the mother.

In Roe VWade,the Supreme Court Ruled That the State Had a Right