What did Roe v Wade block states from doing?

Answer 1

Roe v Wade blocked states from preventing or impeding a woman a woman from obtaining a medical abortion prior to fetal viability (ability to live outside the womb).

Answer 2

Roe v. Wade blocked states from banning abortion during the first trimester of pregnancy. The landmark Supreme Court case established that a woman has a constitutional right to choose to have an abortion, and any state laws that imposed an undue burden on that right were deemed unconstitutional.