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Chief Justice:
Warren E. Burger
Associate Justices:
William O. Douglas
William J. Brennan Jr. Potter
Byron White
Harry Blackmun
William Rehnquist

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- Jane Roe was the plantiff of this case, in which she failed to have an abortion in TX.
- In 1970, she asked the US District Court to declare TX law of forbiding abortions as unconstitutional.
- Abortions were prohibited in TX, unless it was needed to protect the mother's life.
- On January 22,1973 the Supreme Court ruled the legalization of abortion across the US.
- Jane declared this law was violating her 1st,4th, 5th, 9th, and 14th amendment rights.
-  Due to the 14th amendment, the Supreme Court concluded that women had the right to terminate a pregnancy.
- Individuals who planned on having an abortion could only go through with it during their first trimester. However,  states varied upon their decisions over the second and third trimesters.
- 46 state laws were affected by the courts decision.
- Henry Wade cross-appealed.

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Decision: Women could not be prohibited full autonomy regarding their pregnancy. Ruled that it was unconstitutional for women to be denied abortion.

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- The Texas law violates the fourteenth amendment of granting right of privacy.
- Petitioner states Griswold v. Conneticut grants protection whether to begat a child or not.
- Law is unconstitutionally vague; could it increase risks of sucide or shortens mother's life?

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- States the fourteenth amendment does not mention specifically to protect the right of abortion.
-Argues that Griswold does not protect the right of abortion but instead marital privacy.
- Texas law is supported by state interest.
-Respondent argues this law is not unconstitutionally vague; abortions allowed only regarding health purposes.

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Q: Does the constitution recognize a woman's right to terminate her pregnancy by abortion?
A: The fourteenth amendment concludes the "right of personal privacy".

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Majority opinion authored by Harry A. Blackmun
- States that population growth, pollution, poverty, and racial overtones complicates the issue even more.
- Cited articles 1191-1194: makes it a crime to have an abortion
- Acknowledges Lochner v New York, 198 U.S 45 (1905) which states the fourteenth amendment protects individual right to freedom of contract.
- Texas statutes outlawing abortion violates a womens right of privacy.
- 7-2 decision in favor of Jane Roe.

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Concurring authored by White:
Womens right to choose to terminate a pregnancy is declared in the Fourteenth Amendment Due Process Clause. These rights are reserved for the people through 14 and 9th amendment.
Dissenting authored by Rehnquist:
Disagrees with Texas Statute in question, states that the Constitution does not suggest the protection of no rights besides the ones listed in the text.

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A case that gave women the decision whether or not to have an abortion.
- This ruled against TX abortion ban as unconstitutional.
- This case affected about 30 or more subsequent Supreme Court cases that involves restriction of abortion.
-Aborion is legal in the U.S.
-This impacts our society today because women have the decision whether or not to have an abortion. In present day, just like it has always been, this is a controversial case. There are groups of people who are pro-life and there are also groups of people who support womens rights, therefore advocated for pro-choice. This is a sensitive topic that will always have varying opinions.

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Judicial Activism or Restraint?
In my opinion, the Roe v Wade case is an example of judicial activism because the court set aside government acts by allowing abortions without government restriction.