Difference between revisions of "Roe v. Wade"
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Revision as of 03:45, March 10, 2007
Roe v. Wade was a landmark Supreme Court ruling legalizing abortion in 1973.
Roe
Roe's real name was Norma McGarvey, a 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.
