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.
Roe v. Wade: Decision, Summary & Background | HISTORY
Mar 27, 2018 · 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 | Summary, Origins, Right to Privacy, & Overturning ...
5 days ago · 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 …
Roe v. Wade - Center for Reproductive Rights
The Case in Depth: Roe v. Wade, 410 U.S. 113 (1973) Holding: 7–2 decision invalidating a Texas law that prohibited abortions except when necessary to save the life of the mother.
Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade, ending right to abortion …
Jun 24, 2022 · The U.S. Supreme Court has overturned the constitutional right to an abortion, reversing Roe v. Wade, the court's five-decade-old decision that guaranteed a woman's right to obtain an...
Roe v. Wade, 410 U.S. 113 (1973) - Justia US Supreme Court Center
Jan 22, 2012 · 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 (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 | 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 …
Roe v. Wade - Landmark Cases of the US Supreme Court
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.
Roe v Wade: US Supreme Court ends constitutional right to abortion - BBC
Jun 24, 2022 · Millions of women in the US will lose the constitutional right to abortion, after the Supreme Court overturned its 50-year-old Roe v Wade decision. The judgement paves the way for individual...