Roe v. Wade
Significance, Norma Mccorvey Tests The Law, Constitutional Issues, State Court Favors Plaintiff, Supreme Court Hears The Case
Plaintiff
Norma McCorvey, using "Jane Roe" as an alias and representing all pregnant women in a class-action suit
Defendant
Henry B. Wade, Texas District Attorney
Plaintiff's Claim
The Texas' abortion laws violated McCorvey's and other women's constitutional rights.
Chief Lawyers for Plaintiff
Sarah Weddington and Linda Coffee
Chief Defense Lawyers
Jay Floyd and Robert Flowers
Justices for the Court
Harry A. Blackmun (writing for the Court), William J. Brennan, Jr., Warren E. Burger, William O. Douglas, Thurgood Marshall, Lewis F. Powell, Jr., Potter Stewart
Justices Dissenting
William H. Rehnquist, Byron R. White
Place
Washington, D.C.
Date of Decision
22 January 1973
Decision
Overturned all state laws restricting women's access to abortions during the first trimester of pregnancy and let stand second-trimester restrictions only insofar as they were designed to protect the health of pregnant women.
Related Cases
- Griswold v. Connecticut, 381 U.S. 479 (1964).
- Harris v. McRae, 448 U.S. 297 (1980).
- Webster v. Reproductive Health Services, 492 U.S. 490 (1989).
- Rust v. Sullivan, 500 U.S. 173 (1991).
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