Did you know? 1972
- By year’s end a total of 13 states have an ALI-type law. Four states allow abortion on demand. Mississippi allows abortion for rape and incest [1966] while Alabama allows abortion for the mother’s physical health [1954]. However, 31 states allow abortion only to save the mother’s life.
- New York repeals its 1970 abortion law but Gov. Rockefeller vetoes the repeal.