effect of these changes may take years to be fully realized as the burden on the welfare system is increased due to an increase in the amount of people needing aid to families with dependent children. Accompanying any new legislative proposal is always litigation.
If the Supreme Court is hoping for a way to limit the constitutional right to an abortion, the opportune moment may be at hand. Two U.S. courts of appeals have reached opposite conclusions on the constitutionality of state laws that restrict a minor's right to have an abortion. The U.S. Court of Appeals'. for the Sixth Circuit has ruled that Ohio's restrictions are inconsistent with the Supreme Court's decision in Roe v. Wade and in subsequent cases, and are therefore unconstitutional (Akron Center for Reproductive Health v. Ohio, 1988). But the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit has ruled that a virtually identical Minnesota law is constitutional (Hodgson v. Minnesota, 1988).
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