In what states was abortion legal before Roe v. Wade?

[ButterflyBlood]

I'm not sure on even how many, but I think heard New York was one.

[Trad Bass]

1. CA n/t

[wuushew]

2. None?

By 1965, all fifty states banned abortion, with some exceptions which varied by state: to save the life of the mother, in cases of rape or incest, or if the fetus was deformed. Groups like the National Abortion Rights Action League and the Clergy Consultation Service on Abortion worked to liberalize anti-abortion laws.

The Supreme Court in 1973, in the case of Roe v. Wade, declared most existing state abortion laws unconstitutional. This decision ruled out any legislative interference in the first trimester of pregnancy and put limits on what restrictions could be passed on abortions in later stages of pregnancy.


http://womenshistory.about.com/library/weekly/aa012200.htm

[wuushew]

3. Sorry bad info

In the 1960's, calls for loosening abortion restrictions began. In the five years from 1967 through 1972, thirteen states adopted a model statute proposed by the American Law Institute which allowed abortions for certain limited periods upon the certification of doctors that abortion was medically necessary.16 In four states, statutes were enacted which allowed abortion for any reason but only until a certain point in the pregnancy.17 New York's 1970 law was considered the most radical of these because it allowed abortion for almost any reason through the 24th week of the child's development.

http://www.missourilife.org/law/preroe.htm

[NewJerseyDem]

4. A few state

I believe Hawaii, New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Kansas, Florida and Illinois permitted abortions. There may be others.

[ButterflyBlood]

5. Kansas?

that's odd