| Abstrakt: |
The Colorado legislation passed April 25, 1967 is liberal only in comparison with the archaic laws of forty-five other states in the U.S. which permit abortion solely to save the life of the mother. Four other states--Alabama, Maryland, New Mexico and Oregon, and the District of Columbia--sanction abortions to preserve the mother's health. The Colorado law, contrary to the impression created by the press, represents a cautious approach to a major medical problem: an estimated million criminal abortions in the U.S. each year, with an estimated 5000 maternal deaths. |
