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Roe v. Wade
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Contents
Background
History of abortion laws in the United States
History of the case
Issues before the Supreme Court
Oral arguments and initial discussions
Drafting the opinion
Supreme Court decision
Opinion of the Court
Standing
Abortion and right to privacy
Concurrences
Dissents
Reception
Political
Support
Opposition
Legal
Public opinion
Role in subsequent decisions and politics
Webster v. Reproductive Health Services
Planned Parenthood v. Casey
Stenberg v. Carhart
Gonzales v. Carhart
Whole Woman's Health v. Hellerstedt
Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization
Activities of Norma McCorvey
Activities of Sarah Weddington
Presidential positions
State laws regarding Roe
See also
Footnotes
References
Further reading
External links

Content: The Court resolved this balancing test by tying state regulation of abortion to the three trimesters of pregnancy: during the first trimester, governments could not prohibit abortions at all; during the second trimester, governments could require reasonable health regulations; during the third trimester, abortions could be prohibited entirely so long as the laws contained exceptions for cases when they were necessary to save the life or health of the mother. The Court classified the right to choose to have an abortion as "fundamental", which required courts to evaluate challenged abortion laws under the " strict scrutiny " standard, the highest level of judicial review in the United States. Roe was criticized by some in the legal community, and some have called the decision a form of judicial activism. In 1992, the Supreme Court revisited and modified its legal rulings in Roe in the case of Planned Parenthood v. Casey. In Casey, the Court reaffirmed Roe 's holding that a woman's right to choose to have an abortion is constitutionally protected, but abandoned Roe 's trimester framework in favor of a standard based on fetal viability, and overruled Roe 's requirement that government regulations on abortion be subjected to the strict scrutiny standard. Contents
1 Background
1.1 History of abortion laws in the United States
1.2 History of the case
2 Issues before the Supreme Court
2.1 Oral arguments and initial discussions
2.2 Drafting the opinion
3 Supreme Court decision
3.1 Opinion of the Court
3.1.1 Standing
3.1.2 Abortion and right to privacy
3.2 Concurrences
3.3 Dissents
4 Reception
4.1 Political
4.1.1 Support
4.1.2 Opposition
4.2 Legal
4.3 Public opinion
5 Role in subsequent decisions and politics
5.1 Webster v. Reproductive Health Services
5.2 Planned Parenthood v. Casey
5.3 Stenberg v. Carhart
5.4 Gonzales v. Carhart
5.5 Whole Woman's Health v. Hellerstedt
5.6 Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization
5.7 Activities of Norma McCorvey
5.8 Activities of Sarah Weddington
5.9 Presidential positions
5.10 State laws regarding Roe
6 See also
7 Footnotes
8 References
9 Further reading
10 External links
Background
History of abortion laws in the United States
According to the Court, "the restrictive criminal abortion laws in effect in a majority of States today are of relatively recent vintage". Providing a historical analysis on abortion, Justice Harry Blackmun noted that abortion was "resorted to without scruple" in Greek and Roman times.