This 1929 Nebraska law describes the provisions for revocation of a physician's license for "unprofessional conduct"--performing a non-therapeutic, illegal abortion.
This 1922 Nebraska law prohibited abortion, unless performed by a physician in order to save the patient's life (a "therapeutic abortion"). It also established the rule requiring two physicians to evaluate the necessity of the abortion to save the…
This 1929 Nebraska law prohibited the sale, distribution, and advertisement of contraceptive and abortifacient drugs and products, reflecting the language of the Comstock Act of 1873. The law leaves exceptions for printed materials used for medical…
This U.S. Supreme Court case struck down a Nebraska law that prohibited teaching any non-English language in school, declaring that the law violated the Fourteenth Amendment's Due Process Clause. This case introduces the concept of "substantive due…