Legal Opinion
People v. Barksdale
California Supreme Court
Decided November 22, 1972No. Crim. 15866PublishedCited by 96 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
WRIGHT, C. J.
The People seek to prosecute a licensed physician for a violation of Penal Code section 274 (abortion). (Amended Stats. 1967, ch. 327, § 3.) At issue is the constitutionality of the 1967 Therapeutic Abortion Act. (Health & Saf. Code, §§ 25950-25954.)1
California has traditionally authorized abortions in limited circumstances. Under the terms of the 1967 enactment abortions became more readily available where supported by administrative determinations of the existence of particular circumstances. We are thus confronted not with the question whether the state should or must…
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