Roe vs Wade, 410 U.S. 113, 93 S.Ct. 705,35 L.Ed. 2d 147 91973)
FACTS
Roe was a pregnant single woman that challenged the Texas criminal abortion laws, which had made it a crime for a mother to get an abortion unless the life of the mother was threatened by said pregnancy. Roe claimed that these laws were unconstitutional and violated her right to privacy, which is the 14th amendment. A married couple (the Does) also attacked the law based on alleged injury on the possible future contraceptive failure, pregnancy, unplanned parenthood, and damage to the wife’s health. Court had ruled the Doe’s case as not justiciable and appellants directly appealed to Supreme court on injunctive ruling, and appellee (Roe) cross-appealed from the District Court’s
FACTS
Roe was a pregnant single woman that challenged the Texas criminal abortion laws, which had made it a crime for a mother to get an abortion unless the life of the mother was threatened by said pregnancy. Roe claimed that these laws were unconstitutional and violated her right to privacy, which is the 14th amendment. A married couple (the Does) also attacked the law based on alleged injury on the possible future contraceptive failure, pregnancy, unplanned parenthood, and damage to the wife’s health. Court had ruled the Doe’s case as not justiciable and appellants directly appealed to Supreme court on injunctive ruling, and appellee (Roe) cross-appealed from the District Court’s