The Abortion Backlash
September, 1971
A Special "Playboy Forum" ReportThe Abortion Movement in America, after a period of steady progress, has run into a series of roadblocks. As recently as 1967, it was impossible for a woman to get a legal abortion in the U.S. except under the most stringent conditions--in most states, only if the doctor was ready to try to prove the operation necessary to save her life. In 1967, the nation began to move toward a more enlightened policy with the passage in Colorado of a law permitting ab...
