Roe v. Wade

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United States Supreme Court case landmark decision

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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Roe v. Wade canonical 35
Roe v. Wade, 410 U.S. 113 (1973) 2
Roe vs. Wade 2

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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 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
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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this entity surface form: Jane Roe v. Henry Wade
American Civil Liberties Union → notableCase → Roe v. Wade ⓘ
Fourteenth Amendment → keyCase → Roe v. Wade ⓘ
subject surface form: Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization → overruledCase → Roe v. Wade ⓘ
Jane Roe → usedIn → Roe v. Wade ⓘ
Jane Roe → caseCitation → Roe v. Wade ⓘ
this entity surface form: Roe v. Wade, 410 U.S. 113 (1973)
Due Process Clause → interpretedInCase → Roe v. Wade ⓘ
Doe v. Bolton → companionCaseOf → Roe v. Wade ⓘ
Planned Parenthood v. Casey → modified → Roe v. Wade ⓘ
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this entity surface form: Roe v. Wade (in part)
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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
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91-902 → relatedPrecedent → Roe v. Wade ⓘ
Griswold v. Connecticut → impactOnLaterCase → Roe v. Wade ⓘ
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this entity surface form: Roe v. Wade (1973)
Harry A. Blackmun → notableWork → Roe v. Wade ⓘ
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this entity surface form: Roe v. Wade, 410 U.S. 113 (1973)
Eisenstadt v. Baird → relatedCase → Roe v. Wade ⓘ
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this entity surface form: Roe vs. Wade
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this entity surface form: Roe vs. Wade
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this entity surface form: Roe v. Wade decision
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subject surface form: The Hollow Hope: Can Courts Bring About Social Change?
Akron v. Akron Center for Reproductive Health → relatedCase → Roe v. Wade ⓘ
Akron v. Akron Center for Reproductive Health → follows → Roe v. Wade ⓘ
this entity surface form: Roe v. Wade viability framework
Pennsylvania Abortion Control Act of 1982 → relatedTo → Roe v. Wade ⓘ
Carey v. Population Services International → relatedToPrecedent → Roe v. Wade ⓘ
Life's Dominion → discusses → Roe v. Wade ⓘ