Roe v wade biography
Roe v. Wade
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| Full case name | Jane Roe, et al.Roe v. Wade - Landmark Cases of the US Supreme Courtv. Henry Wade, District Attorney of Dallas County |
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| Citation | U.S. () |
| State laws that make abortions illegalviolate women's due processrights | |
| Majority | Justice Blackmun, joined by Justices Burger, Douglas, Brennan, Stewart, Marshall, & Powell |
| Concurring | Justices Burger, Douglas, & Stewart |
| Dissenting | Justices White and Rehnquist |
| 14th Amendment; Texas Code of Criminal Procedure, Articles , | |
Roe v.
Wade was a landmark decision by the US Supreme Court that ruled that a state law that banned abortion was unconstitutional.[1] The decision said that a woman's right to privacy extended to the fetus that she was carrying. The court viewed that during the first three months (trimester) an abortion was no more dangerous than carrying the fetus to full term.[2] The decision was supported by Chief Justice Warren E.
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