Roe v. Wade

U.S. History

(noun)

A 1973 landmark decision by the United States Supreme Court on the issue of abortion, in which it ruled that a right to privacy under the due process clause of the 14th Amendment extended to a woman's decision to have an abortion, but that that right must be balanced against the state's two legitimate interests in regulating abortions: protecting prenatal life and protecting women's health. Arguing that these state interests became stronger over the course of a pregnancy, the Court resolved this balancing test by tying state regulation of abortion to the trimester of pregnancy.

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Political Science

(noun)

Roe v. Wade (1973) is a landmark decision by the United States Supreme Court on the issue of abortion. The Court ruled 7-2 that a right to privacy under the due process clause of the 14th Amendment extended to a woman's decision to have an abortion, but that right must be balanced against the state's two legitimate interests in regulating abortions: protecting prenatal life and protecting women's health. Arguing that these state interests became stronger over the course of a pregnancy, the Court resolved this balancing test by tying state regulation of abortion to the trimester of pregnancy.

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(noun)

Roe v. Wade (1973) is a landmark decision by the United States Supreme Court on the issue of abortion; the Court ruled 7-2 that a right to privacy under the due process clause of the 14th Amendment extended to a woman's decision to have an abortion, but that right must be balanced against the state's two legitimate interests in regulating abortions: protecting prenatal life and protecting women's health. Arguing that these state interests became stronger over the course of a pregnancy, the Court resolved this balancing test by tying state regulation of abortion to the trimesters of pregnancy.

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Examples of Roe v. Wade in the following topics:

  • Privacy Rights and Abortion

    • Wade.
    • Abortion in the United States has been legal in every state since the 1973 Supreme Court decision Roe v.
    • Wade.
    • Before Roe v.
    • Several states have enacted trigger laws, which would take effect if Roe v.

  • The Ninth Amendment

    • For example, the District Court that heard the case of Roe v.
    • Wade ruled in favor of a "Ninth Amendment right to choose to have an abortion," although it stressed that the right was "not unqualified or unfettered. "

  • The Women's Rights Movement

    • Military Academies to admit women, and many Supreme Court cases, perhaps most notably Reed v.
    • Reed of 1971 and Roe v.
    • Wade of 1973 .
    • Graph showing public support for Roe v.
    • Wade over the years

  • The Right to Privacy

    • This was first recognized by several Supreme Court Justices in Griswold v.
    • It was recognized again in 1973 Roe v.
    • Wade, which invoked the right to privacy to protect a woman's right to an abortion.
    • It was recognized again in 1973 Roe v.
    • Wade, which invoked the right to privacy in order to protect a woman's right to an abortion.

  • Battles in the Courts and Congress

    • Though the far-right of the Republican Party was dissatisfied by O'Connor, who refused to condemn the Roe v.
    • Wade decision on that legalized abortion and supported the federal Equal Rights Amendment, Senate Republicans and the vast majority of Americans approved the pick, and she was confirmed unanimously by the Senate.
    • However, general adherence to the principle of stare decisis, along with minority support, left most of the major landmark case decisions (such as Brown, Miranda, and Roe v.
    • Wade) of the previous three decades still standing as binding precedent.

  • The Supreme Court and the Burden of Proof

    • The names of all of the cases that come before the court are structured as Petitioner v.
    • For example, in the case of Roe v.
    • Wade (1973), the case that established federal abortion law in some instances of pregnancy became law by a vote of 7-2.

  • Second-Wave Feminism

    • Military Academies to admit women, and many Supreme Court cases, perhaps most notably Reed v.
    • Reed of 1971 and Roe v.
    • Wade of 1973.

  • Informative vs. Persuasive Speeches

    • A persuasive speech may discuss the pros and cons of Roe v.
    • Wade, or how some groups feel that reproductive choice is threatened.

  • The Sexual Revolution

    • Birth control was legalized following the Supreme Court ruling in Griswold v.
    • Connecticut in 1965, while the Roe v.
    • Wade decision in 1973 legalized abortion during the first trimester of pregnancy.

  • References

    • Focus on Basics, v. 2, issue D.
    • Marsick, V.
    • Meyer, S.R. & Marsick, V.J. (2003).
    • Fortune, v. 143, p. 184.
    • Wade, S. & Hammick, M. (1999).