One implication of the fact that the right to privacy included the right to have an abortion was that
A) the states right to write laws about abortion was greatly expanded
B) the state's right to legislate about abortion was taken over by municipalities so abortion law was different in every town in a state
C) the state's right to write a law making an abortion performed in the first trimester by a licensed professional a criminal act was blocked
D) only the governor of each state could say what the law allowing or restricting abortions would be

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The recognition of the right to privacy, including the right to have an abortion, limited states' abilities to criminalize abortions performed in the first trimester by a licensed professional, as established in the landmark Supreme Court case Roe v. Wade (1973). This decision effectively blocked states from making such abortions a criminal act, emphasizing the protection of individual privacy rights over broad state legislative powers in this context.

One Implication of the Fact That the Right to Privacy