Roe+v+Wade


 * __Roe V. Wade__**
 * Argued: December 13, 1971 **
 * Reargued: October 11, 1972**
 * Decided: January 22, 1973 **

//**A Case Involving**//: __Texas laws made it a crime to allow/assist a woman in getting an abortion which would thus violate her due process rights.__

__ Roe a Texas resident who sought an abortion was denied the ability as Texas only allowed abortions when the woman's life was dependent on it. __
 * //Background:// **

__If a woman could have an abortion without the need of medical reasoning and also the ability to have privacy about the abortion.__ //**Case before Court**//: Roe & Lawyers(Weddington/Coffee)- Argued for the right to an abortion/privacy Jay Floyd/Robert Flowers (Opponents)- Argued against it.
 * //Main Issue Presented to the Court:// **


 * //Decision: 7// **__ votes for Roe, 2 votes against. __

 Harry A. Blackmun  ,  William J. Brennan    ,  Warren Earl Burger    ,  William Orville Douglas    ,  Thurgood Marshall    ,  Lewis Franklin Powell, Jr.    ,  Potter Stewart  The court ruled that due to the Due Process clause in the 14th Amendments, a woman's right to have privacy when it came to her abortion was upheld. Also they ruled that a woman was given total control over the pregnancy during the first trimesters. The states still had the ability to regulate abortions based on the term of the fetus but still had to fully comply with any abortion that would preserve the life or health of the mother.
 * //Majority reasons://**

//**Dissents reasons:**//  William H. Rehnquist  , <span style="font-family: 'Segoe UI','Gill Sans','Gill Sans MT',Arial;"> Byron R. White <span style="font-family: 'Segoe UI','Gill Sans','Gill Sans MT',Arial;"> White:Against the idea of disregarding the life of an unborn. <span style="font-family: 'Segoe UI','Gill Sans','Gill Sans MT',Arial;"> Rehnquist: Agreed with some of Whites points and added that courts historical analysis was flawed in their decision making.