y by the Kaiser Family Foundation found that thirty-one percent of gynecologists who dont perform abortions now were at least somewhat likely to offer mifepristone. (A12) Since the U.S. Supreme Courts historic 1973 ruling in Roe v. Wade, the issue of abortion in the United States has resided squarely in the judicial system. A sequence of legal actions in state and federal courts has shaped the debate and ultimately set the bounds on public policy (Flanders 59). Beginning in 1965, there has been as series of twelve court cases that shaped abortion as we know it in the United States. The cases began with Griswald v. Connecticut in 1965. All the following cases were: United States v. Vuitch, 1971; Roe v. Wade, 1973; Planned Parenthood v. Danforth, 1976; Beal v. Doe and Maher v. Roe, 1977; Colautti v. Baumann 6Franklin, 1979; Bellotti v. Baird, 1979; Harris v. McRae, 1980; H.L.V. Matheson, 1981; Akron V. Akron Center for Reproductive Health, 1983; Thornburgh v. American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, 1986; and Webster v. Reproductive Health Services, 1989.2 Legislation that occurred in the United States led to the legislation that occurred in the state of Arizona. The legislation passed is why abortions are happening the way they are in Arizona. The History of Abortion in ArizonaIn his research, Mrela found that in 1994 alone, 13,390 abortions were performed in Arizona - with 12,260 or 91.2% of those performed on Arizona residents ( 12). Almost 14 (14.7%) of every one hundred pregnancies in Arizona in 1994 were reported to end in abortion (22). In each age group, these are the numbers of abortions that were performed during 1994: under the age of fifteen: one, ages fifteen to nineteen: nineteen, ages twenty to twenty-four: twenty-seven, ages twenty-five to twenty-nine: eighteen, ages thirty to thirty-four: ten, ages thirty-five to thirty-nine: six, and age forty plus: two (31). The highest of all abortions were perfor...
