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Roe v. Wade was a landmark Supreme Court ruling legalizing [[abortion]] in 1973.
==Roe==
Roe's real name was [[Norma McGarvey]], a [[lesbian]] carnival barker, who became pregnant.
==Wade==
Wade refers to [[Henry Wade]] the [[Texas]] [[Attorney General]] at the time.
==Opinion==
The opinion written by Justice [[Harry Blackmun]] divided a pregnancy into sections. Up until the [[fetus]] was viable, the State could not regulate [[abortion]]. However after viability was fair game.
==Opinion==
No one paid attention to the opinion for awhile. When pro life advocates found out, they launched a campaign to have Roe reversed.