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What was the impact of the Supreme Court case you choose?

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No topic related to the feminist movement has aroused such passion and controversy as much as the right to an abortion. In the 1960s, there was no federal law regulating abortions, and many states had banned the practice entirely, except when the life of the mother was endangered. There was no definitive ruling from the federal government, so it was brought to the Supreme Court.

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"Roe v. Wade." Oyez, 5 Nov. 2017

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Williamson, Heidi. “The Legacy of Roe v. Wade and the War on Poverty.” Center for American Progress, 7 July 2014, www.americanprogress.org/issues/women/news/2014/01/22/82679/the-legacy-of-roe-v-wade-and-the-war-on-poverty/.

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7–2 DECISION FOR JANE ROE MAJORITY OPINION

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7–2 DECISION FOR JANE ROE MAJORITY OPINION

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Here is a graph of the publics ever changing view of the issue.

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Legalized abortion, access to birth control pills, and civil rights legislation allowed women to be more self-sufficient, both by controlling their fertility and taking advantage of the various educational and economic opportunities created by the War on Poverty.

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Pro-life proponents note that of the 50 plus million Americans lost to abortion, many of them could have made significant contributions to the quality of people's lives.

A declining birth rate puts a heavier burden on the young to support the old, according to pro-life advocates. China's one birth per family policy implemented in 1979 now has its government struggling with fewer and fewer young workers to support an aging population, according to LifeNews.com.

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The creation of Medicaid had a profound effect on women, particularly women of color, getting access to the care they needed. After Roe became the law of the land, this included abortion services as well as the preventive care that comes with family planning.

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The case is filed by Norma McCorvey, known in court documents as Jane ROE against Henry WADE, the district attorney of Dallas County from 1951 to 1987.

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Women's groups argued that illegality led many women to seek black market abortions by unlicensed physicians or to perform the procedure on themselves.

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The 14th Amendment guarantees that no state shall “deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law.” The fifth section gives Congress the power to enforce, “by appropriate legislation, the provisions of this article.”

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The Court held that a woman's right to an abortion fell within the right to privacy  protected by the Fourteenth Amendment. The decision gave a woman total autonomy over the pregnancy during the first trimester and defined different levels of state interest for the second and third trimesters. As a result, the laws of 46 states were affected by the Court's ruling.

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The Roman Catholic Church had criticized abortion as a form of infanticide". Many fundamentalist Protestant ministers joined the outcry.