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Roe v. Wade

Roe v. Wade. A case that changed America forever. . Jane Roe. Pseudonym for Norma McCorvey. McCorvey discovered she was pregnant with her third child in June 1969. A friend encouraged her to go to the police claiming rape for a legal abortion.

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Roe v. Wade

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  1. Roe v. Wade A case that changed America forever.

  2. Jane Roe • Pseudonym for Norma McCorvey. • McCorvey discovered she was pregnant with her third child in June 1969. • A friend encouraged her to go to the police claiming rape for a legal abortion. • Never claimed rape, so a legal abortion was not possible. • McCorvey was referred to attorney’s Linda Coffee and Sarah Weddington. • In the end McCorvey had her child before the case was decided.

  3. Texas Abortion Laws 1969 • As of June 1969 the only way to attain a legal abortion in McCorvey’s home state of Texas was if the child was a product of rape or incest. • Many women would travel to nearby Mexico to attain illegal abortions. These surgeries were often botch and resulted in the woman becoming fertile.

  4. Round 1: US District Court • Coffee and Weddington filed suit in US District Court in 1970. • The defendant in the case was Dallas County District Attorney Henry Wade, he represented the state of Texas.

  5. Round 2: The US Supreme Court • Arguments started on December 13th, 1971. • The decision was made on January 22nd, 1973 backed by the ninth and fourteenth amendments to the US constitution.

  6. Anatomy of the Decision • In the end it is now legal for a woman to have an abortion within the first trimester of her pregnancy. • This was decided after the judges consulted with doctors on the viability of the unborn child.

  7. Where are they now? • McCorvey is now pro life, and she had the child she planned to terminate. • Weddington went on to be a member of the Texas House of Representatives, later she taught at the Texas Woman’s University. • Coffee went onto practice law in Dallas mainly handling bankruptcy cases.

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