title: Constitutional law--a state may constitutionally regulate the abortion decision during the first trimester of pregnancy if it can show that the regulation is necessary to protect a compelling state interest.
authors.forename: Alexis K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Wodtke
mesh_terms: D000028:Abortion, Induced; D000293:Adolescent; D030881:Disclosure; D033161:Government Regulation; D006801:Humans; D007258:Informed Consent; D007603:Jurisprudence; D008923:Missouri; D033282:Parental Consent; D010820:Physicians; D012926:Social Control, Formal; D018454:Spouses; D013219:State Government; D035521:Supreme Court Decisions; D020458:Third-Party Consent