The court assured the right to a legal abortion.
It decided that women had a right to a legal abortion. the court assured the right to a legal abortion.
The landmark Supreme Court case Roe v. Wade was decided in 1973.
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The landmark Supreme Court case of Roe v. Wade was about a woman's right to have an abortion, based on the constitutional right to privacy.
Typically, a majority of at least five out of the nine Supreme Court justices is needed to decide a case.
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During the Roe v. Wade case, which was decided in 1973, there were no women judges on the U.S. Supreme Court. The Court at that time consisted of nine male justices. It wasn't until 1981, when Sandra Day O'Connor was appointed, that the Supreme Court had its first female justice.
Roe v. Wade was not located in a specific physical location. It refers to a landmark Supreme Court case that was decided on January 22, 1973. The case took place at the United States Supreme Court in Washington, D.C.
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The case of Roe v. Wade reached the Supreme Court through an appeal process after a woman named Norma McCorvey, using the pseudonym "Jane Roe," challenged the constitutionality of Texas laws restricting access to abortion. The case was heard by the Supreme Court in 1973, leading to a landmark decision that legalized abortion nationwide.
The Supreme Court gets to decide if they want to hear it. It has to go through the entire legal process first, though.