Norma Mccorvey V. Wade Case Summary

Norma McCorvey, a pregnant women that resided in Dallas, Texas, was the first to challenge one of the 19th Century Statutes that was still around during the 1970 's. This case become one of the most widely known court cases, Roe vs. Wade. With the use of the alias, “Jane Roe,” McCorvey sued Henry Wade, which was the Dallas County district attorney, so she could have the option of abortion (Roe vs. Wade, 2011). Texas had a ban on abortions with the exception that the pregnancy did not threaten the life of the women. Although the pregnancy had no threat to McCorvey 's life, she was considered to be a poor single women and was choosing not to bring a child into a world where she knew she could not support it. There was always the option to travel elsewhere to have the abortion with no issue, but as noted before, she was not one to have money. …show more content…
They then continued with asking that the state forbid the district attorney from prosecuting any other women under the same law (Roe vs. Wade, 2011). After the review of the case and to the surprise of many, the judge panel ruled to the favor of McCorvey. Their analysis on the case stated that the law did violate her constitutional rights to privacy. Following the case, the court ruled that the ninth and fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution guaranteed privacy rights that were large enough to protect a women 's rights to having an abortion. Although the first request was granted the second was not as easy. McCorvey and her attorneys appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court about refusal to forbid future prosecutions for abortion; Wade also appealed the