Roe v. Wade - Wikipedia 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 to have an abortion prior to 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: 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 the
Roe v. Wade (1973) - The National Constitution Center 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, 410 U. S. 113 (1973) - Justia US Supreme Court Center A pregnant single woman (Roe) brought a class action challenging the constitutionality of the Texas criminal abortion laws, which proscribe procuring or attempting an abortion except on medical advice for the purpose of saving the mother's life
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 Case Summary: What You Need to Know 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 (1973) | Wex | US Law - LII Legal Information Institute The case involved a Texas statute that prohibited abortion except when necessary to save the life of the pregnant woman The Supreme Court, in a decision written by Justice Blackmun, recognized a privacy interest in abortions In doing so, the court applied the right to privacy established in Griswold v Connecticut (1965) At stake in this
ROE V. WADE: ITS HISTORY AND IMPACT - Planned Parenthood On January 22, 1973, the U S Supreme Court announced its decision in Roe v Wade, a challenge to a Texas statute that made it a crime to perform an abortion unless a woman’s life was at stake The case had been filed by “Jane Roe,” an unmarried woman who wanted to safely and legally end her pregnancy