Abstract
Continuing medical advancement in the area of prenatal care' raises the question of when, if ever, the state may intervene in the life of a pregnant woman to protect her unborn child from abuse and neglect. This issue, though troublesome, can no longer be ignored. Since the Supreme Court's decision in Roe v. Wade, giving the pregnant woman the constitutional right to decide whether or not to terminate her pregnancy, there has been abundant controversy over the allowance of state intervention to protect the human fetus. This controversy necessarily entails a discussion as to when and in what manner the state may legally infringe upon a woman's constitutional rights.'
Recommended Citation
Heather M. White,
Unborn Child: Can You Be Protected?,
22
U. Rich. L. Rev.
285
(1988).
Available at:
https://scholarship.richmond.edu/lawreview/vol22/iss2/9
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