A concern about quality of life also came to play a central role in
reproductive decision making during the same period. In 1973, the U.S.
Supreme Court recognized early and midterm abortion as a constitutional
right. After Roe v. Wade, a woman could have a legal abortion
through the second trimester anywhere in the United States, for any reason.
Genetic and other reproductive technologies were soon providing
a stock of reasons for aborting that women had never previously
had, through the use of tests that could reveal a variety of diseases,
susceptibilities, and impairments. Because public acceptance of
such tests depended on their being seen as noncoercive, they could
not be presented as public health measures intended to eliminate
reproductive decision making during the same period. In 1973, the U.S.
Supreme Court recognized early and midterm abortion as a constitutional
right. After Roe v. Wade, a woman could have a legal abortion
through the second trimester anywhere in the United States, for any reason.
Genetic and other reproductive technologies were soon providing
a stock of reasons for aborting that women had never previously
had, through the use of tests that could reveal a variety of diseases,
susceptibilities, and impairments. Because public acceptance of
such tests depended on their being seen as noncoercive, they could
not be presented as public health measures intended to eliminate
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