Which factor did Roe v. Wade focus on for abortion legality in the first trimester?

• A. Mother's health
• B. Financial ability
• C. Fetal viability
• D. Hospital location

Answer: (C)

The key idea being tested is the right to privacy in abortion decisions during the first trimester. Roe v. Wade held that in the earliest stage of pregnancy, a woman has a constitutional right to terminate, and the state cannot ban or unduly interfere with that private medical decision between the woman and her doctor. Fetal viability becomes the important point only in later stages of pregnancy, when the state's interest in protecting potential life can justify more regulation. So the focus in the first trimester is the privacy of the decision, not fetal viability or other factors like financial ability or hospital location.