Roe v. Wade, 410 U.S. 113 (1973) was a United States Supreme Court case that resulted in a landmark decision about abortion. According to the Roe decision, most laws against abortion in the United States violated a constitutional right to privacy under the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. The decision overturned all state and federal laws outlawing or restricting abortion that were inconsistent with its holdings. Roe is one of the most controversial and politically significant cases in U.S. Supreme Court history.

Its lesser-known companion case, Doe v. Bolton, was decided at the same time. The central holding of Roe v. Wade was that abortions are permissible for any reason a woman chooses, up until the 'point at which the fetus becomes ‘viable,’ that is, potentially able to live outside the mother's uterus, albeit with artificial aid. Viability is usually placed at about seven months (28 weeks) but may occur earlier, even at 24 weeks.' The Court also held that abortion after viability must be available when needed to protect a woman's health, which the Court defined broadly in the companion case of Doe v. Bolton.

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• On Thu 03/27 12:48, sheree2u wrote...

  I, personally would never choose to have an abortion. I believe that it kills innocent babies. However, I am an intelligent person who also believes that abortions will always happen, whether or not they are legal. Sadly, babies will still die, but so will many of their mothers. Provide more education and availability of resources for the prevention of unwanted pregnancies. Provide counseling BEFORE abortion, ample education & support other options like adoption. But please keep it safe. The less deaths that happen, the better.

  It does seem wrong for abortion to be illegal in certain cases such as the result of rape, incest, if the mother's life is on the line or even if the mother is psychiatrically unable to deal with the pregnancy.

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