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Dissenting Opinion of Justice Byron R. White:
-believed that the 14th amendment protected the right to determine whether a not a woman wants to terminate her pregnancy.

Concurring opinion of Chief Justice Warren E Burger:
-He thought it would be permissible to allow a state to require two physicians to certify an abortion before it could be performed.

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The United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas

Decision:

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In 1973, the U.S. Supreme Court decided that states laws which made it illegal for a woman to have an abortion up to three months of pregnancy were unconstitutional, and that the decision on whether a woman should have an abortion up to three months of pregnancy should be left to the woman and her doctor to decide.

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- There is nothing in the Constitution regarding birth control, birth, or abortion.

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-Jane Roe filed suit on behalf of herself, and all those women who have in the past at that present time or in the future would seek termination of a pregnancy

-Stated that the Vuitch decision stated that abortions could be performed to help in life or death situation.

-Stated that the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals tried to excuse themselves and say that the Texas law is stricter than D.C.'s.

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I think this demonstrates Judicial Activism in the way that Roe's case is still a major topic in our current times. It is a major societal topic that is unclear in the ways the Constitution supports or denies the right to terminate a pregnancy.

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Q: Does the Constitution recognize a woman's right to terminate her pregnancy by abortion?

A: Inherent in the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment is a fundamental “right to privacy” that protects a pregnant woman’s choice whether to have an abortion.

Vote: 7-2 in favor of Jane Roe

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- The name Jane Roe was created in order to protect the identity of the plaintiff in all the legal documents.

- Roe filed a lawsuit against Wade, challenging a Texas law making abortion illegal except by a doctor’s orders to save a woman’s life.

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Chief Justice: Warren E. Burger (bottom middle)

Associate Justices:

William O. Douglas

William J. Brennan, Jr.

Potter Stewart

Byron R. White

Thurgood Marshall

Harry A. Blackmun

Lewis F. Powell, Jr.

William H. Rehnquist