Title: Roe v. Wade Case Summary: What You Need to Know - FindLaw
Headings: Roe v. Wade Case Summary: What You Need to Know
Roe v. Wade Case Summary: What You Need to Know
Legal Arguments
Texas Defends Abortion Restriction
Roe Claims Absolute Privacy Rights for Women
How The Supreme Court Decided Roe v. Wade
Significance of Roe v Wade
Interesting Facts
Public Reactions
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Content: Norma McCorvey (the real woman behind "Jane Roe") became a prominent voice for the pro-life movement in 1995. In 1973, there were no female justices on the United States Supreme Court. Public Reactions
Some viewed the Court's decision in Roe v. Wade as "judicial activism," – meaning the judges based their decision on personal views rather than existing law. But, supporters of Roe say it is vital in preserving women's rights and freedoms. Many opponents of the decision argue that because the text of the Constitution doesn't explicitly talk about abortion, it should be left up to the states to regulate. Others say that a person should be protected by the Constitution at conception. Under that logic, abortion violates the Constitutional rights of the unborn child. The Supreme Court even recognized the polarizing nature of the abortion issue in its opinion: One's philosophy, one's experiences, one's exposure to the raw edges of human existence, one's religious training, one's attitudes toward life and family and their values, and the moral standards one establishes and seeks to observe, are all likely to influence and to color one's thinking and conclusions about abortion. As Justice Harry Blackmun (who wrote the decision in Roe) points out, abortion will never be a simple issue.