January 22: The U.S. Supreme Court rules on Roe v. Wade, effectively legalizing abortion.

This proposal would effectively legalize the situation in the territories.

Van De Kamp appealed to the United States Supreme Court, who declined to hear the case, thus effectively legalizing the production of adult films.

Assemblyman Richard N. Gottfried, a Manhattan Democrat, has written a bill that would effectively legalize marijuana for the sick.

This effectively legalizes the wildcat offense (where a running back takes the snap) in Canadian football, which had long been legal in American football.

It would, however, effectively legalize it in the future - a major victory for casinos that advocate online gaming.

A bill effectively legalizing euthanasia was submitted to parliament on Nov. 8.

With the enactment of the new constitution, the Marriage Bill of 2007,which would have effectively legalize civil polygamous marriage in Kenya, became null and void as it was unconstitutional.

The Freeman decision effectively legalized the production of adult films in the state of California.

In early 2005, Rhode Island was the first state to effectively legalize medical marijuana by a vote of the legislature rather than of the citizens.