About the case
Plaintiff Norma McCorvey's Situation
Legal Reasoning
What is the constitutional right to privacy is broad enough to encompass a woman's decision to terminate her pregnancy?
"The Constitution does not confer a right to abortion; Roe and Casey are overruled; and the authority to regulate abortion is returned to the people and their elected representatives."
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(Quote from overturning Roe)
Who is Samuel Alito?
Name two judges who voted in favour
Who are Burger and Douglas?
Defendant in the case
Who was Henry Wade?
Date that Roe v. Wade was decided
When is January 22, 1973?
"With sorrow — for this Court, but more, for the many millions of American women who have today lost a fundamental constitutional protection — we dissent."
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(Quote from overturning Roe)
Who are Justices Breyer, Sotomayor, and Kagan?
Name the two judges who dissented
Who are Byron White and William Rehnquist?
Jane Roe's real name
What is Norma McCorvey?
Amendment used in Supreme Court ruling
"Roe was egregiously wrong from the start. Its reasoning was exceptionally weak, and the decision has had damaging consequences."
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(Quote from overturning Roe)
Who is Samuel Alito?
The president who the Chief Justice
Who is Richard Nixon?
Court's decision about the First Trimester
What is the state can not regulate abortion, and must leave the decision to the woman and her doctor?
What is nearly 50 years?
"We . . . conclude that the right of personal privacy includes the abortion decision, but that this right is not unqualified and must be considered against important state interests in regulation."
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Who is Justice Harry Blackmun?
The ratio of votes
7:2 in favour of Roe
Court's decision about the Second trimester
What is the state can impose regulations related to maternal health?
Roe v. Wade overturned date
When is June 24, 2022?
"Liberty is not guaranteed absolutely against deprivation, only against deprivation without due process of law."
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Who is Justice William Rehnquist?
Who is Warren E. Burger?