Roe v. Wade

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Roe v. Wade was a landmark 1973 U.S. Supreme Court decision that recognized a constitutional right to abortion, profoundly shaping American law and politics until it was overturned in 2022.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States Supreme Court case
landmark decision
affectedArea American politics
constitutional law
reproductive rights law in the United States
concernsRight bodily integrity
women’s reproductive autonomy
establishedDoctrine trimester framework for abortion regulation
hasChiefJusticeAtDecision Warren E. Burger
hasCitation 410 U.S. 113
hasConcurringJustice Lewis F. Powell Jr.
Potter Stewart
Thurgood Marshall
Warren E. Burger
William J. Brennan Jr.
William O. Douglas
hasCountry United States of America
surface form: "United States"
hasCourt Supreme Court of the United States
hasDecisionDate 1973-01-22
hasDissentingJustice Byron R. White
William H. Rehnquist
hasFullCaseName Roe v. Wade
surface form: "Jane Roe v. Henry Wade"
hasLegalIssue abortion
right to privacy
substantive due process
hasLongTermImpact shaped U.S. abortion law for nearly 50 years
hasMajorityOpinionAuthor Blackmun
surface form: "Harry A. Blackmun"
hasOverrulingCase Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization
hasPetitioner Jane Roe
hasRelatedCase Doe v. Bolton
Planned Parenthood v. Casey
hasRespondent Henry Wade
hasRespondentRole Dallas County District Attorney
hasStatusAfterDobbs overruled precedent
hasVoteSplit 7–2
hasYearDecided 1973
held Constitution protects a woman’s qualified right to terminate her pregnancy
influencedCase Planned Parenthood v. Casey
influencedMovement anti-abortion movement in the United States
pro-choice movement in the United States
interpretsConstitutionalProvision Fourteenth Amendment
surface form: "Fourteenth Amendment Due Process Clause"
isCitedAsPrecedentFor constitutional protection of certain privacy-related decisions prior to 2022
limitedStatePower states may not ban abortion before fetal viability
originatedInState Texas
wasOverturnedByCourt Supreme Court of the United States
wasOverturnedInYear 2022
wasOverturnedOn 2022-06-24

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Equal Protection Clause basisFor Roe v. Wade
this entity surface form: "Roe v. Wade (in part)"
Jane Roe caseCitation Roe v. Wade
this entity surface form: "Roe v. Wade, 410 U.S. 113 (1973)"
Doe v. Bolton companionCaseOf Roe v. Wade
Roe v. Wade hasFullCaseName Roe v. Wade
this entity surface form: "Jane Roe v. Henry Wade"
Mary Doe isAssociatedWith Roe v. Wade
Fourteenth Amendment keyCase Roe v. Wade
subject surface form: "Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution"
Mary Doe legalCaseAlongside Roe v. Wade
Mary Doe legalCaseCompanionTo Roe v. Wade
Byron R. White notableWork Roe v. Wade
this entity surface form: "dissenting opinion in Roe v. Wade"
Lewis F. Powell Jr. notableWork Roe v. Wade
this entity surface form: "opinion in Roe v. Wade (concurring in part) and related abortion jurisprudence"
Henry Wade participantIn Roe v. Wade
91-902 relatedPrecedent Roe v. Wade
Jane Roe usedIn Roe v. Wade

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