Roe VS Wade was a big time Supreme court case. "Jane
Roe was an unmarried and pregnant Texas resident in 1970. Texas law made it a
felony to abort a fetus unless “on medical advice for the purpose of saving the
life of the mother.” Roe filed suit
against Wade, the district attorney of Dallas County, contesting the statue on
the grounds that it violated the guarantee of personal liberty and the right to
privacy implicitly guaranteed in the First, Fourth, Fifth, Ninth, and
Fourteenth Amendments. In deciding for Roe, the Supreme Court invalidated any
state laws that prohibited first trimester abortions."
In 1971 The Supreme Court agrees to hear the case filed by
Norma McCorvey, known in court documents as Jane ROE, against Henry WADE, the
district attorney of Dallas County from 1951 to 1987, who enforced a Texas law
that prohibited abortion, except to save a woman's life. The Texas law had been
declared unconstitutional in an earlier federal district court case. Wade
ignored the decision and both sides appealed. In 1972 the case is argued before
the Supreme court. In 1973 the U.S. Supreme Court, in a 7-2 decision, affirms
the legality of a woman's right to have an abortion under the Fourteenth
amendment to the Constitution.
This case paved the way for women rights and for women to be in control over themselves and
their bodies. This case brought to life the importance of a women making her
own decisions and reaffirmed her to her constitutional rights. The reason why i
chose this case, not only being a woman but because it began a revolution for
women. I believe without this case and other cases women wouldnt be where they
are and wouldnt be able to excercise
their rights to the full extent.
