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Quiz for Document 30–2: Supreme Court Decision, 1973

Choose the best answer to each question.

1. Why did the U.S. Supreme Court not agree that a woman had an absolute right to privacy and could terminate her pregnancy any time for any reason?

As a Christian nation, the United States could not condone such a violation of Christian ethics.

Women could very well put themselves in harm’s way under such an absolute right to abortion.

States had a legitimate interest in the protection of potential life.

The court determined that life began with conception and enjoyed constitutional protection.

2. What was the historical background of laws banning abortion?

States enforced laws against abortion as early as the nation’s founding.

Laws against abortion appeared in the late nineteenth century.

Laws against abortion were passed a few years before Roe v. Wade went to trial.

Texas was the only state that passed an abortion ban.

3. How did Roe v. Wade alter the states’ power to regulate abortion?

The decision prohibited states from infringing on abortion rights during the first trimester.

The decision allowed states to regulate abortion only during the third trimester.

The decision allowed states to set limited criteria under which women could obtain an abortion.

The decision prohibited states from allowing abortion providers to receive public funding.