In 1973, the landmark and controversial court case Roe v. Wade came to a close when the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that a woman’s Constitutional right to privacy negated abortion legislation [1]. This court ruling enabled women to terminate pregnancies up to the point of fetal viability [2] (the point in fetal development at which a delivered baby can survive without interfering with the body of the mother [3]). In humans, fetal viability is considered to occur at 24 weeks of gestation [4]. In a related case, Doe v. Bolton, the US Supreme Court supported abortion rights after the point…
in which, with respect to our name, we are as confused as you are
By lindatran
Linda Tran graduated from McMaster University with a BSc. Then, grew a brain and decided to move to Vancouver to pursue graduate studies in Pharmaceutical Sciences. She would appreciate it if someone would create a cure for being a "lactard" - her own word for being lactose intolerant.