Roe v. Wade
The Winner of Roe v Wade
What is Roe?
The two cases overturned
What is, Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey
The majority opinion in Casey was written by these two justices, who joined together to reaffirm the core holding of Roe v. Wade
Who are Justices O'Connor and Kennedy?
This is the year that the Supreme Court marked its decision on this case.
What is 1967?
This was deemed unconstitutional in this case
What is Connecticut's birth control law?
The Amendment argued by Jane Roe
What is the 14th Amendment?
The majority opinion was written by
Who is, Justice Samuel Alito
This doctrine, asserts that a woman has a constitutional right to make decisions about her pregnancy, including abortion
What is the right to privacy?
The Supreme Court ruled that banning interracial marriage violated these two clauses.
What are the Equal Protection Clause and the Due Process Clause?
The names of the people who made the appeal; Executive Director of Planned Parenthood League of Connecticut, and the Medical Director for the League at the New Haven Center
Who were Mr. Griswold and Dr. Buxton?
The state where Roe v Wade was filed and made it a crime to “procure an abortion”
What is Texas?
The state that the Gestational Age Act reviewed by the Supreme Court was
What is, Mississippi
This legal precedent, overturned by Casey, would have allowed more expansive state regulations on abortion as long as they did not infringe on the constitutional right to choose
What is the trimester framework?
This is the place that the Lovings got married because interracial marriage was legal here.
What is Washington D.C.?
This group agreed that the use of contraception should be left to private choices but could not find any general right to privacy in the Bill of Rights, any other part of the constitution, or in prior case law
What was the dissent?
The vote breakdown of the Supreme Court justices in the Roe v Wade decision
What is 7-2?
The state law generally prohibits an abortion after
What is, the 15th week of pregnancy
Contended that the new standard of “undue burden” was too vague and could allow states to restrict access to abortion.
What is the dissent?
The Lovings’ case challenged this Virginia law that was passed in 1924.
What is the Racial Integrity Act?
This amendment was cited by the court as recognizing that marital privacy is a fundamental personal right
What is the ninth amendment?
The woman, known by Jane Roe, was the plaintiff of this Supreme Court Case
Who is Norman McCorvey?
The Justices who dissented were
Who is, Justices Sotomayor, Kagan, and Breyer
The Supreme Court Justice that wrote the dissenting opinion.
Who is Justice Scalia?
The decision was based on this amendment, which guarantees equal protection under the law.
What is the 14th Amendment?
This is the amount of money that region appellants were fined in addition to being found guilty as accessories
What is $100?