Roe V. Wade
Published on Nov 18, 2015
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PRESENTATION OUTLINE
ROE V. WADE
JANE ROE
PLANTIFF
NORMA MCCORVEY "JANE ROE"
- Got pregnant (claimed she was raped)
- Wanted to get an abortion
- Texas law prohibited all abortions
- McCorvey thought this violated her constitutional rights
- Filed lawsuit for violating her constitutional rights
NORMA MCCORVEY "JANE ROE"
- She hired attorney Sarah Weddington to fight her case
HENRY WADE
DEFENDANT
HENRY WADE
- Dallas County District Attorney
- Believed abortion was not a right
- Wanted to keep abortion illegal
JANUARY 1973
WHEN?
WARREN E. BURGER
CHIEF JUSTICE
WHAT HAPPENED?
- The court proposed that abortion is a decision between a woman and her doctor
- In the first trimester, women can get abortions without restrictions
- However, after the first trimester, states could restrict abortions with their own laws
- Ruled that the right to an abortion is part of our rights of privacy
- (Jane Roe won the case)
WHAT HAPPENED?
- The voting margin was 7-2 in favor of legalizing abortion
