Case Name: Roe v Wade
Year: Argued 1971 ; Decided 1972
Result: 7-2 in favor of Roe
Related Constitutional Issue/ Amendment: Due Process and women's abortion rights
Civil Rights or Civil Liberties: Civil Liberties
Significance/ Precedent: The court decided that abortion fell into a women's right to privacy which is protected by the 14th Amendment. It broke it up into the 3 trimesters where in the 1st trimester the woman had full decision over her body and in the 2nd and 3rd trimester the government had a larger say or full control. If the mother was at a risk of death though, the pregnancy could be terminated even if she was in the 2nd or 3rd trimester. The laws in 46 states were affected by this 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.”
6-Word Summary: Abortions are permitted in first trimester.
Year: Argued 1971 ; Decided 1972
Result: 7-2 in favor of Roe
Related Constitutional Issue/ Amendment: Due Process and women's abortion rights
Civil Rights or Civil Liberties: Civil Liberties
Significance/ Precedent: The court decided that abortion fell into a women's right to privacy which is protected by the 14th Amendment. It broke it up into the 3 trimesters where in the 1st trimester the woman had full decision over her body and in the 2nd and 3rd trimester the government had a larger say or full control. If the mother was at a risk of death though, the pregnancy could be terminated even if she was in the 2nd or 3rd trimester. The laws in 46 states were affected by this 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.”
6-Word Summary: Abortions are permitted in first trimester.