Facts
This woman used the alias "Jane Roe."
Who is Norma McCorvey?
These statutes must fall as a result of Roe v. Wade.
What are the Texas abortion statutes?
The dissent believed that the existence of a debate on the topic of abortion was evidence itself that the ____ to an abortion is not universally accepted.
What is the “right?”
States may restrict/ban abortions for the potentiality of fetal human life during this trimester.
What is the third trimester?
District Attorney of Dallas County and defendant in the court case.
Who is Henry Wade?
Prior to the Supreme Court case, the Texas supreme court declared its abortion ban was _________.
Unconstitutional
Abortion procedures may be regulated in ways that are reasonable to this kind of health.
What is maternal health?
The dissent debated whether this right was involved in the case in the first place.
What is the right of privacy?
This amendment was used to argue that abortion falls under the constitutional protection of a person’s privacy.
What is the 14th Amendment?
Jane Roe's two attorneys
Who are Sarah Weddington and Linda Coffee?
In what decade did Roe v. Wade happen?
When is the 1970s(1973)?
This clause is violated in the 1970 Texas criminal abortion statute.
What is the Due Process Clause?
Argued by the dissent, the least amount of time that the majority of states have had restrictions on abortions.
What is a century?
The Supreme Court ruled that excessive state regulation of abortion was unconstitutional in this majority to minority decision. (Ex. 8-1 decision, unanimous decision, etc.)
What is a 7-2 decision?
Name three Supreme Court Justices that served in the court during the time of Roe v. Wade.
Who are Burger, Douglas, Brennan, Stewart, White, Marshall, Blackmun, Powell, and Rehnquist?
When Roe reached the Supreme Court, the makeup of the court leaned towards this political party.
What is the Republican party?
This difficult question on abortion is something that the Supreme Court thinks they cannot resolve.
What is “When does life begin?”
The dissent believed the decision shouldn’t be made by the court but rather by the states’ ____.
What are legislatures?
The court ruled that a woman may choose to have an abortion until a fetus becomes this.
What is viable?
This Supreme Court Justice delivered the majority opinion and said that only a “compelling state interest” justifies regulations on a woman’s right to privacy.
Who is Justice Harry Blackmun?
The 3 exceptions to the Texas abortion ban. (Name all 3)
- Rape
- Health of the mother
- Deformed baby
According to the majority, only this can regulate a woman's right to privacy.
What is a compelling state interest?
One of the dissenters stated that the interest in protecting prenatal life exists during this time and not just during a certain trimester.
When is throughout the whole pregnancy?
The court decided to use this to balance both the preservation of the unborn and the protection of maternal health.
What is the trimester framework?
These two Supreme Court Justices strongly criticized the trimester approach and were the only dissenters.
Who are Justice White and Justice Rehnquist?