Roe v. Wade - Wikipedia Roe v Wade Roe v Wade, 410 U S 113 (1973), [1] was a landmark decision of the U S Supreme Court in which the Court ruled that the Constitution of the United States protected the right of pregnant women to choose to have an abortion before the point of fetal viability
Roe v. Wade | Summary, Origins, Right to Privacy, Overturning . . . Roe v Wade, legal case in which the U S Supreme Court on January 22, 1973, ruled (7–2) that unduly restrictive state regulation of abortion is unconstitutional The Court held that a set of Texas statutes criminalizing abortion in most instances violated a constitutional right to privacy
Roe v. Wade | Oyez In 1970, Jane Roe (a fictional name used in court documents to protect the plaintiff’s identity) filed a lawsuit against Henry Wade, the district attorney of Dallas County, Texas, where she resided, challenging a Texas law making abortion illegal except by a doctor’s orders to save a woman’s life
Roe v. Wade | Constitution Center Summary At a time when Texas law restricted abortions except to save the life of the mother, Jane Roe (a single, pregnant woman) sued Henry Wade, the local district attorney tasked with enforcing the abortion statute She argued that the Texas law was unconstitutional
Roe v. Wade: Decision, Summary Background | HISTORY Roe v Wade was a landmark legal decision issued on January 22, 1973, in which the U S Supreme Court struck down a Texas statute banning abortion, effectively legalizing the procedure across
Roe v. Wade (1973) | Wex | US Law | LII Legal Information Institute Abortion Post-Dobbs: In Dobbs v Jackson, the Court reversed the Roe v Wade and Casey decisions The Dobbs court held that the Constitution does not confer a fundamental right to abortion Consequentially, rational-basis review is the new standard in reviewing state regulations of abortions
Roe v. Wade Case Summary: What You Need to Know - Findlaw One of the Supreme Court's most famous cases, Roe v Wade changed the way states can regulate abortion services by establishing new privacy rights for women Learn more about this influential case on FindLaw's Supreme Court Insights
Roe v. Wade - Center for Reproductive Rights In its 1973 decision Roe v Wade, the Supreme Court recognized that the right to liberty in the Constitution, which protects personal privacy, includes the right to decide whether to continue a pregnancy