Roe v Wade

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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:United_States_Supreme_Court_case
gptkbp:arguedDate 1972-10-11
1971-12-13
gptkbp:citation gptkb:410_U.S._113
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:date 1973-01-22
gptkbp:decidedBy gptkb:Burger_Court
gptkbp:defendant gptkb:Henry_Wade
gptkbp:defendantAttorney gptkb:Jay_Floyd
gptkb:Robert_C._Flowers
gptkbp:dissentingOpinionBy gptkb:Byron_White
gptkb:William_Rehnquist
gptkbp:docketNumber No. 70-18
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:Jane_Roe,_et_al._v._Henry_Wade,_District_Attorney_of_Dallas_County
gptkbp:heldBy The Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment provides a fundamental right to privacy that protects a pregnant woman's liberty to choose whether or not to have an abortion.
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Roe v Wade
gptkbp:initialFilingYear 1970
gptkbp:judge gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
gptkbp:legalImpact Legalized abortion nationwide in the United States until viability, subject to certain regulations
gptkbp:legalSystem gptkb:Fourteenth_Amendment
gptkb:U.S._Constitution
gptkb:Due_Process_Clause
gptkbp:location gptkb:Dallas,_Texas
gptkbp:majorityOpinionBy gptkb:Thurgood_Marshall
gptkb:William_J._Brennan_Jr.
gptkb:William_O._Douglas
gptkb:Lewis_F._Powell_Jr.
gptkb:Warren_E._Burger
gptkb:Potter_Stewart
gptkb:Harry_Blackmun
gptkbp:mediaType gptkb:law
gptkbp:notableFor controversial Supreme Court decision
landmark decision on abortion rights
gptkbp:numberOfIssues constitutionality of laws criminalizing or restricting access to abortions
gptkbp:overruledBy gptkb:Dobbs_v._Jackson_Women's_Health_Organization
2022-06-24
gptkbp:plaintiff gptkb:Sarah_Weddington
gptkb:Jane_Roe_(Norma_McCorvey)
gptkb:Linda_Coffee
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Planned_Parenthood_v._Casey
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Doe_v._Bolton
gptkbp:result Texas abortion laws declared unconstitutional
gptkbp:subject gptkb:Fourteenth_Amendment
abortion
right to privacy
gptkbp:website https://www.oyez.org/cases/1971/70-18
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:common_law_(UK,_US)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7