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4 pages in length. A case study in abortion legislation from 1992 - 1996 (beginning just after the Supreme Court's Casey ruling). The writer reviews acts of legislation that have occurred all over the United Since ever since. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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alone as a result of court actions and one newly approved law. Ten years previous to Casey, state-ordered counseling designed to discourage women from having abortions and waiting periods that
forced delays in obtaining abortion services were ruled unconstitutional. However, the Court revised that position in Casey to say these kinds of requirements are constitutional unless proven to be an
"undue burden." Given this more lenient standard, antiabortion legislators have seized the opportunity to impose waiting periods and detailed counseling sessions. However, of the 49 measures introduced on this issue
in 1994, just one was enacted; in fact, a majority of the bills died without being considered prior to adjournment. Most would have mandated extensive counseling about abortion and then
required a 24-hour delay (Legislative Proposals & , 1994). In South Carolina, a compromise measure was signed into law to require women to participate in a
counseling session and then wait for one hour before having an abortion. In the case of a minor, the same counseling information is to be given to a parent, grandparent
or guardian, who is to come to the facility to give consent to the minors abortion. (State law requires the consent of one parent or grandparent.) These requirements are part
of legislation that authorizes the state to develop and enforce regulations regarding the licensure and operation of abortion clinics. Although waiting-period bills met with little legislative
success last year, several legal actions resulted in the enforcement of requirements that had been approved previously in five states. Federal and state courts ruled that 24-hour waiting periods could
take effect in North Dakota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Dakota and Utah. In the North Dakota case, the federal appellate court interpreted the statute as permitting counseling to be conducted over
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