1. Roe v Wade
Hannah Adams

2. Parties Involved Plaintiff: Defendant: Norma McCorvey or “Jane Roe”
Henry Wade (the district attorney of Dallas County from 1951 to 1987)

3. Original Jurisdiction
United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas.

4. Background on Jane Roe Unmarried and pregnant Texas resident in 1970.
Filed suit against Wade.
Challenged that the abortion law violated the guarantee of person liberty and the right to privacy implicitly guaranteed in the First, Fourth, Fifth, Ninth, and Fourteenth Amendments.

5. District Court Information
A three-judge panel.
Agreed that the abortion law violated Roe’s rights.
Refused to issue an injunction that would have prevented the law from being enforced against all pregnant women.

6. Supreme Court Information
Case originally argued on December 13, 1971.
Case was then reargued on October 11, 1972.
Decision was delivered on January 22, 1973.

7. Supreme Court Information Continued
Decision Makers:
Associate Justice Potter Stewart
William O. Douglas
Chief Justice Warren Berger
Associate Justice William J. Brennan Jr.
Byron A. White
Associate Justice Lewis F. Powell Jr.
Thurgood Marshall
Harry A. Blackmun
William H. Rehnquist

8. Supreme Court Information Continued
Ended in a 7- 2 opinion.
Decided that:
During first trimester of pregnancy a woman could have an abortion on demand without interference from the state.
During second trimester the state could regulate abortions for safety, but could not prohibit them entirely.
During third trimester the state could regulate or forbid all abortions except to save the life of the mother.

9. Impact of Case Impact on Providers:
Clinicians and clinic staff have been harassed and stalked, at their workplaces, homes, and places of worship.
Protesters have even shown up at the school of the providers’ children.

10. Impact of Case Continued
Impact on American Political Culture:
Abortion opponents make up “base” of the Republican Party.
Has gradually reshaped American politics.
Impact on Women:
Lowered the number of women who died from illegal abortions.
Gave women rights to make their own decision.

11. Agree or Disagree? I strongly agree with the Courts decision.
This case was one step closer to gaining more rights for women.
Women should be given a chance to choose what they want to do with their bodies.
They may choose abortion due to not having the necessities to care for a child.

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