In 1970, Washington held a referendum on legalizing early pregnancy abortions, becoming the first state to legalize abortion through a vote of the people. A law in Washington, D.C., which allowed abortion to protect the life or health of the woman, was challenged in the Supreme Court in 1971 in United States v. Vuitch.
When did it become legal to get an abortion?
1973
When was medical abortion legalized?
Background. Medication abortion has been available in the United States since 2000, when the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the use of mifepristone for early nonsurgical abortion.