Title: Roe v. Wade - Wikipedia
Headings: Roe v. Wade
Roe v. Wade
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
Activities of Norma McCorvey
Activities of Sarah Weddington
Presidential positions
State laws regarding Roe
See also
Footnotes
References
Further reading
External links

Content: 1217 ( N.D. Tex. 1970); probable jurisdiction noted, 402 U.S. 941 (1971); set for reargument, 408 U.S. 919 (1972)
Subsequent
Rehearing denied, 410 U.S. 959 (1973)
Holding
The Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution provides a fundamental "right to privacy" that protects a pregnant woman's liberty to choose whether or not to have an abortion. This right is not absolute, and must be balanced against the government's interests in protecting women's health and protecting prenatal life. Texas law making it a crime to assist a woman to get an abortion violated this right. Court membership
Chief Justice
Warren E. Burger
Associate Justices
William O. Douglas · William J. Brennan Jr.
Potter Stewart · Byron White
Thurgood Marshall · Harry Blackmun
Lewis F. Powell Jr. · William Rehnquist
Case opinions
Majority
Blackmun, joined by Burger, Douglas, Brennan, Stewart, Marshall, Powell
Concurrence
Burger
Concurrence
Douglas
Concurrence
Stewart
Dissent
White, joined by Rehnquist
Dissent
Rehnquist
Laws applied
U.S. Const. Amend. XIV; Tex.