Roe v. Wade
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Roe v. Wade, 410 U.S. 113, was a landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court in which the Court ruled that the Constitution of the United States protected the right of pregnant women to choose to have
George Frampton, law clerk to Justice Harry Blackmun during the 1971–72 term
Justice Harry Blackmun, the author of the majority opinion in Roe
2021 Women's March, where many speakers bemoaned a looming threat to Roe
Oral hearing for the German Constitutional Court's abortion decision, November 18, 1974
Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, 597 U.S. 215, is a landmark decision of the United States Supreme Court in which the court held that the United States Constitution does not confer a righ
Roe v. Wade
…adjudication. Amid years of sustained opposition from the anti-abortion movement and many legal conservatives, the Supreme Court overruled Roe in 2022 in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization. The case was brought by Norma McCorvey—under the legal pseudonym "Jane Roe"—who, in 1969, became pregnant with her third child. McCorvey wanted an…
The Roberts Court at the time of the Dobbs decision
An abortion-rights protest (2022) in New York City
Justice Alito delivered the opinion of the Court.
Protesters outside of the Supreme Court after the announcement of Dobbs