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Williams, Brenna. "#TBT: Roe v. Wade, One of the Most Controversial SCOTUS Cases." CNN. Cable News Network, 06 Apr. 2017. Web. 22 May 2017.

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The case came about because of a Texas law that prohibited most abortions. Norma McCorvey, known as Jane Roe in court documents, filed against the Dallas District Attorney Henry Wade. McCorvey had wanted to terminate an unwanted pregnancy, but because of the time the legal process took, she had the baby and the child was placed for adoption.

A Texas federal court had ruled that the Texas law was unconstitutional, but Wade appealed to the Supreme Court, which decided the case in 1973. The case posed the constitutional question of whether a woman had the right to an abortion.

In a 7-2 decision, the Supreme Court affirmed the legality of a woman's right to have an abortion, holding that it fell within a woman's right to privacy protected by the Fourteenth Amendment. The decision also defined the state's level of interest during later trimesters.

McCorvey had a change of heart in the years following the court case and started an anti-abortion organization in 1997. In 2003, she filed a motion in Dallas to have the case overturned. It was not.

She died in February.

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one of the most controversial scotus cases  - cnnpolitics.com

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#TBT: Roe v. Wade, one of the most controversial SCOTUS cases

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Roe v. Wade is a controversial Supreme Court case decided more than four decades ago. It notably came up in the recent confirmation hearing for Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch. Ideas brought up in that case -- such as the definition of personhood, highlighted in the Instagram post above -- are still being debated today.

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Parenthood, Planned. "Roe v. Wade." Planned Parenthood Action Fund. N.p., n.d. Web. 22 May 2017.

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Parenthood, Planned. "Roe v. Wade." Planned Parenthood Action Fund. N.p., n.d. Web. 22 May 2017.

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Hontz, Jenny. "25 Years Later: The Impact of Roe V. Wade." Human Rights, vol. 25, no. 2, Spring98, p. 8. EBSCOhost, search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aqh&AN=542933&site=ehost-live.

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"Since Roe v. Wade was decided in 1973, states have passed more than 1,000 restrictions on abortion access, according to the Guttmacher Institute, a nonprofit that tracks reproductive rights. More than a quarter of those were enacted between 2010 and 2016. Legislation concerning medication abortion, private insurance coverage, later abortions, parental involvement, and abortion counseling constitute more than 50 percent of the regulations passed between 2011 and 2015, the institute reported."
Pettway, Alice. "The Fight for Reproductive Rights." Progressive, vol. 81, no. 4, Apr/May2017, p. 16. EBSCOhost, search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aqh&AN=121698147&site=ehost-live.

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"Roe v. Wade, 1973 - Photos - Landmark Supreme Court Cases in Photos." NY Daily News. N.p., 16 Mar. 2016. Web. 22 May 2017.

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Roe v. Wade, 1973 - Photos - Landmark Supreme Court cases in photos

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The highly controversial Roe v. Wade case came about in 1973 when Norma McCorvey sought an abortion in Texas, but was denied under state law. The Supreme Court ruled 2-7 that women legally have the right to an abortion and that their right to choose could only be restricted in the later stages of pregnancy.

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Today we mark the 43rd anniversary of the Supreme Court ruling in Roe v. Wade, which
affirmed a woman's freedom to make her own choices about her body and her health. The
decision supports the broader p"rinciple that the government should not intrude on private
decisions made between a woman and her doctor. As we commemorate this day, we also
redouble our commitment to protecting these constitutional rights, including protecting a
woman's access to safe, affordable health care and her right to reproductive freedom from
efforts to undermine or overturn them. In America, every single one of us deserves the rights,
freedoms, and opportunities to fulfill our dreams." -Barack Hussein Obama
ssues in Law & Medicine, vol. 29, no. 2, Fall2014, p. 183. EBSCOhos
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The Medical Assumption at the Foundation of Roe v. Wade & Its Implications for Women's Health.

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The Medical Assumption at the Foundation of Roe v. Wade & Its Implications for Women's Health.

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Forsythe, Clark. "The Medical Assumption at the Foundation of Roe V. Wade & Its Implications for Womenfs Health." Issues in Law & Medicine, vol. 29, no. 2, Fall2014, p. 183. EBSCOhost, search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aqh&AN=100435774&site=ehost-live.

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Justice Antonin Scalia talks about Roe v. Wade.

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Justice Antonin Scalia talks to CNN's Piers Morgan about Roe v. Wade and abortion rights. For more CNN videos, check out our YouTube channel at http://www.youtube.com/cnn Or visit our site at http://www.cnn.com/video/

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Michel Foucault, The Hermeneutics of the Subject, New York: Picador, 2005.

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Beginning of human personhood - Wikipedia

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The beginning of human personhood is the moment when a human is first recognized as a person. There are differences of opinion as to the precise time when human personhood begins and the nature of that status.

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Constitutional Attorney Destroys Roe v. Wade!

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This interview is a pre-recorded segment with Dr. Herb Titus that was aired at the #endabortionnow event in Phoenix, AZ. In this interview Dr. Titus explains how Roe v Wade can and should be overturned at a state level without the need to wait for new supreme court justices This is a very important conversation that people need to hear.

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In a 7-2 ruling, restriction of abortion unless the mother's health was at risk was voted unconstitutional.
"The majority: Harry Blackmun, William J. Brennan, Chief Justice Warren Burger, William O. Douglas, Thurgood Marshall, Lewis Powell and Potter Stewart. The dissent: William Rehnquist and Byron White. The majority opinion was written by Harry Blackmun."

https://www.thoughtco.com/roe-v-wade-overview-3528244

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Jane Roe was Norma McCorvey, a heroine-addicted women with an unwanted pregnancy. Jane Roe was the name she used to anonymously file the lawsuit to the federal district court that would eventually become a supreme court case. It claimed it was on her behalf but all pregnant women. In her lawsuit, she claimed that by restricting her right to have an abortion, that it was violating the first, fourth, fifth, ninth, and fourteenth Amendments.
"Jane Roe, Et Al. v. Henry Wade, District Attorney of Dallas County." The Free Dictionary. Farlex, n.d. Web. 22 May 2017.

http://legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/Jane+Roe%2c+et+al.+v.+Henry+Wade%2c+District+Attorney+of+Dallas+County

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Since the supreme court ruled that the laws that prohibited abortion were not constitutional, they said that it violated a women's zone of privacy

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Roe v. Wade was a Supreme Court case back in 1973. The ruling was that the banning of abortion unless the health of the mother was at risk was unconstitutional. The states were unable to ban abortion within the first trimester no matter the conditions of the pregnancy or situation. In the second or third trimester, based on the health of the mother, could only be when abortion regulations were able to be possibly applied
PBS. Public Broadcasting Service, n.d. Web. 22 May 2017.

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Parenthood, Planned. "Roe v. Wade." Planned Parenthood Action Fund. N.p., n.d. Web. 22 May 2017.

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Michal Cizek. "Here's What Will Happen If Roe v. Wade Is Overturned." The Cut. N.p., 23 Jan. 2017. Web. 23 May 2017

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Michal Cizek. "Here's What Will Happen If Roe v. Wade Is Overturned." The Cut. N.p., 23 Jan. 2017. Web. 23 May 2017

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"Roe v. Wade." Presentation Software. N.p., n.d. Web. 22 May 2017.

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Chiquillo, Julieta. "'Jane Roe' in Her Own Words: Norma McCorvey's Life Journey from Abortion-rights Pioneer to Opponent | Dallas." Dallas News. N.p., 19 Feb. 2017. Web. 23 May 2017.

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Chiquillo, Julieta. "'Jane Roe' in Her Own Words: Norma McCorvey's Life Journey from Abortion-rights Pioneer to Opponent | Dallas." Dallas News. N.p., 19 Feb. 2017. Web. 23 May 2017.

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While Roe permitted late-term abortion to preserve the life or health of the mother, Doe defined a mother’s health expansively, as determined by “all factors — physical, emotional, psychological, familial, and the woman’s age — relevant to the well-being of the patient.” Under this logic, doctors are able to justify abortion in practically any instance, as any woman who might experience emotional strain or mental discomfort as the result of the pregnancy would be legally entitled to the termination of it. Casey offered the Court an opportunity to overturn Roe, but instead, it reaffirmed the 1973 decision in the face of challenges from state law, arguing primarily that the country would be legally and economically destabilized if the ruling were reversed.

DeSanctis, Alexandra. "Little-Known Facts about Roe v. Wade." National Review. N.p., 23 Jan. 2017. Web. 22 May 2017.

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Furthermore, the decision in Roe did not create an absolute right to abortion. Instead, it held that government restrictions on a woman’s right to abortion must be subject to strict scrutiny, the highest possible standard of judicial review. It also permitted states to regulate abortion later in pregnancy, except in cases of rape, incest, or the mother’s health. Some of our current slate of expansive abortion rights comes also from two other Supreme Court cases: Roe’s companion case, Doe v. Bolton (1973) and Planned Parenthood v. Casey (1992).

DeSanctis, Alexandra. "Little-Known Facts about Roe v. Wade." National Review. N.p., 23 Jan. 2017. Web. 22 May 2017.

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"In a 7-2 decision written by Justice Harry Blackmun (who was chosen because of his prior experience as counsel to the Mayo Clinic), the Court ruled that the Texas statute violated Jane Roe's constitutional right to privacy. The Court argued that the Constitution's First, Fourth, Ninth, and Fourteenth Amendments protect an individual's "zone of privacy"
PBS. Public Broadcasting Service, n.d. Web. 22 May 2017.
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/supremecourt/rights/landmark_roe.html

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The case that Roe made was that the restriction of Abortion in her state violated her constitutional rights and this lead to the case being created

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"The Court ruled that the states were forbidden from outlawing or regulating any aspect of abortion performed during the first trimester of pregnancy, could only enact abortion regulations reasonably related to maternal health in the second and third trimesters, and could enact abortion laws protecting the life of the fetus only in the third trimester."
PBS. Public Broadcasting Service, n.d. Web. 22 May 2017.

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In 1972, Norma McCorvey ("Jane Roe") filed a lawsuit claiming that a Texas law criminalizing most abortions violated her constitutional rights.

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Roe v. Wade (1973)

Roe v. Wade (1973) ruled unconstitutional a state law that banned abortions except to save the life of the mother. The Court ruled that the states were forbidden from outlawing or regulating any aspect of abortion performed during the first trimester of pregnancy, could only enact abortion regulations reasonably related to maternal health in the second and third trimesters, and could enact abortion laws protecting the life of the fetus only in the third trimester. Even then, an exception had to be made to protect the life of the mother. Controversial from the moment it was released, Roe v. Wade politically divided the nation more than any other recent case and continues to inspire heated debates, politics, and even violence today ("the culture wars"). Though by no means the Supreme Court's most important decision, Roe v. Wade remains its most recognized.

At the time Roe was decided, most states severely restricted or banned the practice of abortion. However, these restrictions were challenged amid the sexual revolution and feminist movements of the 1960s. In 1970, two recent graduates of the University of Texas Law School, Linda Coffee and Sarah Weddington, brought a lawsuit on behalf of a pregnant woman, Dallas area resident Norma L. McCorvey ("Jane Roe"), claiming a Texas law criminalizing most abortions violated Roe's constitutional rights. The Texas law banned all abortions except those necessary to save the life of the mother. Roe claimed that while her life was not endangered, she could not afford to travel out of state and had a right to terminate her pregnancy in a safe medical environment. The lawsuit was filed against Henry Wade, Dallas Country District Attorney, in a Texas federal court. The Texas court ruled that the law violated the Constitution. Wade appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court, which reviewed the case throughout 1971 and 1972.

In a 7-2 decision written by Justice Harry Blackmun (who was chosen because of his prior experience as counsel to the Mayo Clinic), the Court ruled that the Texas statute violated Jane Roe's constitutional right to privacy. The Court argued that the Constitution's First, Fourth, Ninth, and Fourteenth Amendments protect an individual's "zone of privacy" against state laws and cited past cases ruling that marriage, contraception, and child rearing are activities covered in this "zone of privacy." The Court then argued that the "zone of privacy" was "broad enough to encompass a woman's decision whether or not to terminate her pregnancy." This decision involved myriad physical, psychological, and economic stresses a pregnant woman must face.

Because abortions lie within a pregnant woman's "zone of privacy," the abortion decision "and its effectuation" are fundamental rights that are protected by the Constitution from regulation by the states, so laws regulating abortion must be sufficiently "important." Was Texas's law sufficiently important to pass constitutional muster? The Court reviewed the history of abortion laws, from ancient Greece to contemporary America, and therein found three justifications for banning abortions: "a Victorian social concern to discourage illicit sexual conduct"; protecting the health of women; and protecting prenatal life. The Court rejected the first two justifications as irrelevant given modern gender roles and medical technology. As for the third justification, the Court argued that prenatal life was not within the definition of "persons" as used and protected in the U.S. Constitution and that America's criminal and civil laws only sometimes regard fetuses as persons deserving protection. Culturally, while some groups regard fetuses as people deserving full rights, no consensus exists. The Court ruled that Texas was thus taking one "view" of many. Protecting all fetuses under this contentious "view" of prenatal life was not sufficiently important to justify the state's banning of almost all abortions.

However, the Court ruled that narrower state laws regulating abortion might be sufficiently important to be constitutional. For example, because the medical community finds that the human fetus might be "viable" ("capable of meaningful life") outside the mother's womb after six months of growth, a state might constitutionally protect a fetus from abortions in the third trimester of pregnancy, as long as it permitted an exception to save the life of the mother. Additionally, because second- and third-trimester abortions present more health risks to the mother, the state might regulate certain aspects of abortions related to maternal health after three months of pregnancy. In the first trimester, however, a state's interests in regulating abortions can never be found "important" enough. Such abortions are thus exclusively for the patient and her doctor to govern.

Roe v. Wade, controversial when released in January 1973, remains one of the most intensely debated Supreme Court decision today. In no other case has the Court entertained so many disputes around ethics, religion, and biology, and then so definitively ruled on them all. To the political Right, critics accuse the Court in Roe of legalizing the murder of human life with flimsy constitutional justifications. To the Left, critics maintain that Roe was poorly reasoned and caused an unnecessary political backlash against abortion rights. Defenders of the decision, however, argue that Roe v. Wade was a disinterested, pragmatic, and ultimately principled decision defending the most basic rights of personal liberty and privacy.

AUTHOR'S BIO

Alex McBride is a third year law student at Tulane Law School in New Orleans. He is articles editor on the TULANE LAW REVIEW and the 2005 recipient of the Ray Forrester Award in Constitutional Law. In 2007, Alex will be clerking with Judge Susan Braden on the United States Court of Federal Claims in Washington.

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The Supreme Court . Expanding Civil Rights . Landmark Cases . Roe v. Wade (1973) | PBS

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In 1972, Norma McCorvey ("Jane Roe") filed a lawsuit claiming that a Texas law criminalizing most abortions violated her constitutional rights. Photo Credit: AP Roe v. Wade (1973) Roe v. Wade (1973) ruled unconstitutional a state law that banned abortions except to save the life of the mother.

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Roe v. Wade, 410 U.S. 113, is a landmark decision by the United States Supreme Court on the issue of abortion. It was decided simultaneously with a companion case, Doe v. Bolton

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"Roe v. Wade would have Constitutional implications on several
levels. Firstly, those using the Constitution in opposition to abortion rights
cited that there was no implicit provision regarding the issue in the
Constitution. Because of this reason, many believed that such a right should be
within the power of the states to resolve and decide to implement. Chief
Justice Warren E. Burger, however, would delve into Constitutional law further
by examining its contained provisions, and thus, being able to confirm the
decision to grant the right to abortion within the scope of Constitutional
laws.

The Supreme Court would rule
that abortion was a fundamental right provided by the United States
Constitution. Initially, the decision was based upon the Constitution’s Ninth
Amendment."

Constitution. N.p., n.d. Web. 22 May 2017.

http://constitution.laws.com/supreme-court-decisions/major-decisions-roe-v-wade

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Additionally, the courts provided for a viability clause, which was defined as the fetus’
the potential for survival outside of the womb of the mother, even if artificial
aid is to be implemented. Medically speaking, viability occurs at about the
seventh month of pregnancy. However, it can occur beforehand.

http://constitution.laws.com/supreme-court-decisions/major-decisions-roe-v-wade

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Passed on January 22 1973 it main citation was the fourteenth amendment in addition to the right of privacy (Grisworld v. Connecticut) and was companion to Doe v. Bolton