Roe v. Wade
· Case: Roe v. Wade
· Year: 1973
· Result: 7-2, favor Roe
· Related constitutional issue/amendment: Amendment 14: Due Process Clause
· Civil rights or Civil liberties: Civil Liberties
· Significance/ Precedent: The Court said that a woman's right to an abortion is protected by the right to privacy in the Fourteenth Amendment. The decision gave a woman power and complete control over the pregnancy during
the first trimester. As a result, the laws of 46 states were changed by the Court's ruling.
· Quote from majority opinion: “We… acknowledge our awareness of the sensitive and emotional nature of the abortion controversy, of the vigorous opposing views, even among physicians, and of the deep and seemingly absolute convictions that the subject inspires.”
· Illustration/image: See Below
· 6-word summary: Abortion protected by right of privacy.
· Year: 1973
· Result: 7-2, favor Roe
· Related constitutional issue/amendment: Amendment 14: Due Process Clause
· Civil rights or Civil liberties: Civil Liberties
· Significance/ Precedent: The Court said that a woman's right to an abortion is protected by the right to privacy in the Fourteenth Amendment. The decision gave a woman power and complete control over the pregnancy during
the first trimester. As a result, the laws of 46 states were changed by the Court's ruling.
· Quote from majority opinion: “We… acknowledge our awareness of the sensitive and emotional nature of the abortion controversy, of the vigorous opposing views, even among physicians, and of the deep and seemingly absolute convictions that the subject inspires.”
· Illustration/image: See Below
· 6-word summary: Abortion protected by right of privacy.