Roe v. Wade

Roe v. Wade, 410 U.S. 113, was a landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court in which the Court ruled that the Constitution of the United States protected a right to have an abortion. The decision struck down many abortion laws, and it sparked an ongoing abortion debate in the United States about whether, or to what extent, abortion should be legal, who should decide the legality of abortion, and what the role of moral and religious views in the political sphere should be. The decision also shaped debate concerning which methods the Supreme... Wikipedia

• Full case name:  Jane Roe, et al. v. Henry Wade, District Attorney of Dallas County
• Citations:  410 U.S. 113 (more) 93 S. Ct. 705, 35 L. Ed. 2d 147, 1973 U.S. LEXIS 159
• Related cases:  Doe v. Bolton
• Argument:  Oral argument
• Reargument:  Reargument
• Prior history:  Judgment for plaintiffs, injunction denied, 314 F. Supp. 1217 (N.D. Tex. 1970), probable jurisdiction noted, 402 U.S. 941 (1971), set for reargument, 408 U.S. 919 (1972)
• Subsequent history:  Rehearing denied, 410 U.S. 959 (1973)
• Majority:  Blackmun, joined by Burger, Douglas, Brennan, Stewart, Marshall, Powell
• Concurrence:  Burger
• Concurrence:  Douglas
• Concurrence:  Stewart
• Dissent:  White, joined by Rehnquist
• Dissent:  Rehnquist