Year: 1973
Result: 7-2 Roe won
Constitutional Issue: 14th amendment
Right or Liberty: Liberty
Significance: Right to abortion protected by the right to privacy. Laws in 46 states were changed because of the result of this case.
Quote: "Roe alleged that she was unmarried and pregnant; that she wished to terminate her pregnancy by an abortion "performed by a competent, licensed physician, under safe, clinical conditions"; that she was unable to get a "legal" abortion in Texas because her life did not appear to be threatened by the continuation of her pregnancy; and that she could not afford to travel to another jurisdiction in order to secure a legal abortion under safe conditions. She claimed that the Texas statutes were unconstitutionally vague and that they abridged her right of personal privacy, protected by the First, Fourth, Fifth, Ninth, and Fourteenth amendments. By an amendment to her complaint, Roe purported to sue "on behalf of herself and all other women" similarly situated."
Summary: Abortions are protected by right to privacy
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