"Because abortion carries almost no medical risk when performed in the first three months of pregnancy, the Court found the state had no compelling reason to regulate the procedure beyond requiring the physician to be licensed. During the second trimester, the state may impose reasonable health regulations to further its interest in the woman’s health. In the third trimester, abortions may be prohibited entirely unless it is necessary for the woman’s health or life. Based on this standard, the Texas abortion law was declared unconstitutional. In a companion case, Doe v. Bolton (1973), the Court struck down a Georgia statute that restricted a woman’s access to abortion. In that case, in addition to the woman’s desire for an abortion, the statute required approval from a hospital abortion committee and two physicians, and it further mandated that the procedure be performed in an accredited hospital."