Roe V. Wade Supreme Court Case
In 1973, the court case that separated the nation occurred: Roe V. Wade
What it wasRoe V. Wade was a court case that ruled that a woman may have an abortion until the end of her first trimester, without interference from the state.
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ContextNorma McCorvey, also known by the pseudonym Jane Roe, was raped and became pregnant, but she was unable to get an abortion because it was illegal in the state of Texas.
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ReactionsAs shown in the picture above, this court case caused a large divide in our nation. Disputes between people who argued that according to the bible, everyone has the right to life, and people who argued that it was the woman's right to choose broke out and protests occurred.
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Pictures In Order of Appearance:
Woman Holding Abortion Sign. The New Yorker, 22 Jan. 2013, www.newyorker.com/
news/news-desk/the-fight-for-roe-where-was-i. Accessed 9 Dec. 2016.
"Norma McCorvey." U.S Civil Liberties, uscivilliberties.org/uploads/posts/
2013-11/1385473403_norma-mccorvey.jpg. Accessed 16 Jan. 2017.
Women Protesting. Holly Potter, Wordpress, 22 Jan. 2014, htpotter.com/2014/01/22/
40-years-of-roe-v-wade/. Accessed 13 Jan. 2017.
Woman Holding Abortion Sign. The New Yorker, 22 Jan. 2013, www.newyorker.com/
news/news-desk/the-fight-for-roe-where-was-i. Accessed 9 Dec. 2016.
"Norma McCorvey." U.S Civil Liberties, uscivilliberties.org/uploads/posts/
2013-11/1385473403_norma-mccorvey.jpg. Accessed 16 Jan. 2017.
Women Protesting. Holly Potter, Wordpress, 22 Jan. 2014, htpotter.com/2014/01/22/
40-years-of-roe-v-wade/. Accessed 13 Jan. 2017.
"Roe v. Wade, controversial when released in January 1973, remains one of the most intensely debated Supreme Court decision today. In no other case has the Court entertained so many disputes around ethics, religion, and biology, and then so definitively ruled on them all. To the political Right, critics accuse the Court in Roe of legalizing the murder of human life with flimsy constitutional justifications. To the Left, critics maintain that Roe was poorly reasoned and caused an unnecessary political backlash against abortion rights. Defenders of the decision, however, argue that Roe v. Wade was a disinterested, pragmatic, and ultimately principled decision defending the most basic rights of personal liberty and privacy." - Alex McBride, PBS.org
As stated by PBS.org, Roe v. Wade brought attention to the discussion of the Separation of Church and State. While many argued that abortion was constitutionally unlawful, many based their reasoning for abortion being unlawful on the Church. Many argued that abortion was wrong because it was an act against God's creation. This caused the rhetoric between the Separation of Church and State in regards to politics to become even more of an issue.
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McBride, Alex. "Roe v. Wade." pbs.org, www.pbs.org/wnet/supremecourt/rights/
landmark_roe.html. Accessed 16 Jan. 2017.
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McBride, Alex. "Roe v. Wade." pbs.org, www.pbs.org/wnet/supremecourt/rights/
landmark_roe.html. Accessed 16 Jan. 2017.