Roe v. Wade
Year:Decided on January,22 1973
Results:7 votes Roe, 2 votes against, in favor of Roe
Constitutional Issue:The right to privacy under the 9th amendment
Civil Rights/Liberties:Civil Liberties
Significance:It held that a woman's right to have an abortion is well within there rights to privacy. This gave women power to have an abortion within the first trimester for any reason.
Quote from Majority Opinion:Justice Blackum wrote, "This Texas federal appeal and its Georgia companion, Doe v. Bolton, post, p. 179, present constitutional challenges to state criminal abortion legislation. The Texas statutes under attack here are typical of those that have been in effect in many States for approximately a century. The Georgia statutes, in contrast, have a modern cast, and are a legislative product that, to an extent at least, obviously reflects the influences of recent attitudinal change, of advancing medical knowledge and techniques, and of new thinking about an old issue."
Dissent:They argued that no women should ever consider aborting a baby cause she is carrying life in her stomach.
6 Word Summary:Women gain abortion rights, first trimester
Results:7 votes Roe, 2 votes against, in favor of Roe
Constitutional Issue:The right to privacy under the 9th amendment
Civil Rights/Liberties:Civil Liberties
Significance:It held that a woman's right to have an abortion is well within there rights to privacy. This gave women power to have an abortion within the first trimester for any reason.
Quote from Majority Opinion:Justice Blackum wrote, "This Texas federal appeal and its Georgia companion, Doe v. Bolton, post, p. 179, present constitutional challenges to state criminal abortion legislation. The Texas statutes under attack here are typical of those that have been in effect in many States for approximately a century. The Georgia statutes, in contrast, have a modern cast, and are a legislative product that, to an extent at least, obviously reflects the influences of recent attitudinal change, of advancing medical knowledge and techniques, and of new thinking about an old issue."
Dissent:They argued that no women should ever consider aborting a baby cause she is carrying life in her stomach.
6 Word Summary:Women gain abortion rights, first trimester
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