Daniel Bock
Mr. Young / Mr. Wright
English III / US History
16 September, 2016
Roe v. Wade The Roe v. Wade civil court case occurred between 1971 and 1973. The court case is an act of Jane Roe sueing the state due to the fact that Roe was not receiving due process as stated by the ninth and fourteenth amendments and was denied when attempting to have an abortion. This denial for Roe’s abortion was from the decision of the state of Texas, and Roe decided to take her case to the supreme court. This court case was originally centered towards giving Roe and other texas women the right to have an abortion. However, once the case was sent to the supreme court, the verdict of the case was able to repeal the law which denied Roe the choice of abortion if the state lost.
During the trial, multiple parties attempted to prove the necessity to repeal the state law which banned abortions. However, both parties had different reasonings for doing so. The original reasoning behind plaintiff Roe’s decision to …show more content…
These parties both stated that certain amendments proved that the texas law was not following the constitution. The amendments that were explained in depth were the ninth and fourteenth amendments. The ninth amendment protects all unenumerated rights, while the fourteenth states that citizens cannot have their life, liberty or property taken without due process by law. These two amendments were explained specifically in the case by mentioning the,"fundamental right of single women and married persons to choose whether to have children is protected by the Ninth Amendment, through the Fourteenth Amendment,". This statement was explained by the District Court and also followed the statement with, “ the Texas criminal abortion statutes were void on their face because they were both unconstitutionally
Mr. Young / Mr. Wright
English III / US History
16 September, 2016
Roe v. Wade The Roe v. Wade civil court case occurred between 1971 and 1973. The court case is an act of Jane Roe sueing the state due to the fact that Roe was not receiving due process as stated by the ninth and fourteenth amendments and was denied when attempting to have an abortion. This denial for Roe’s abortion was from the decision of the state of Texas, and Roe decided to take her case to the supreme court. This court case was originally centered towards giving Roe and other texas women the right to have an abortion. However, once the case was sent to the supreme court, the verdict of the case was able to repeal the law which denied Roe the choice of abortion if the state lost.
During the trial, multiple parties attempted to prove the necessity to repeal the state law which banned abortions. However, both parties had different reasonings for doing so. The original reasoning behind plaintiff Roe’s decision to …show more content…
These parties both stated that certain amendments proved that the texas law was not following the constitution. The amendments that were explained in depth were the ninth and fourteenth amendments. The ninth amendment protects all unenumerated rights, while the fourteenth states that citizens cannot have their life, liberty or property taken without due process by law. These two amendments were explained specifically in the case by mentioning the,"fundamental right of single women and married persons to choose whether to have children is protected by the Ninth Amendment, through the Fourteenth Amendment,". This statement was explained by the District Court and also followed the statement with, “ the Texas criminal abortion statutes were void on their face because they were both unconstitutionally