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Analysis of the Case Roe V. Wade

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ANALYSIS OF THE CASE ROE V. WADE 2

Roe V Wade case

Out of the five Supreme Court ruling, I chose Roe v. Wade and the law being challenged was on

abortion rights as it relates to privacy rights. Everyone, as guaranteed by the constitution, has the

right to privacy and that should be respected. Every citizen in America is guaranteed autonomy,

and this should not be limited by any court ruling because the constitution is the framework for

guiding other laws made by the states. The government entity involved in the case was the office

of the district attorney of the Dallas County. The district attorney Henry Wade was the one who

enforced the law on abortion in Texas that stated that abortion was only allowed in situations

when the woman’s life was in danger.

Petitioner

The petitioner in the case was Norma McCorvey who in the court documents was referred as

Jane Roe and was a resident of Texas. Roe’s argument in the case was that the Texas law

prohibited abortion with exceptions to saving the life of the mother. For Roe she was single and

wanted abortion to be performed in licensed and safe clinical conditions. Roe argued that she

could not travel to another state that had legal jurisdiction over abortion. She was pregnant when

she was appealing the case, she argued that abortion should be a choice of the mother and not

limited by the state law as it was then. It was the legal restriction on abortion that made Roe file

a petition in the court. Roe was suing Wade because he enforced the law that prohibited abortion

with exception to saving the mother’s life. Roe wanted right to abortion which she considered a

right that should not be restricted by the state law (Justia, 2017).

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Running head: ANALYSIS OF THE CASE ROE V. WADE Analysis of the Case Roe V. Wade Name Institutional affiliation 1 ANALYSIS OF THE CASE ROE V. WADE 2 Roe V Wade case Out of the five Supreme Court ruling, I chose Roe v. Wade and the law being challenged was on abortion rights as it relates to privacy rights. Everyone, as guaranteed by the constitution, has the right to privacy and that should be respected. Every citizen in America is guaranteed autonomy, and this should not be limited by any court ruling because the constitution is the framework for guiding other laws made by the states. The government entity involved in the case was the office of the district attorney of the Dallas County. The district attorney Henry Wade was the one who enforced the law on abortion in Texas that stated that abortion was only allowed in situations when the woman’s life was in danger. Petitioner The petitioner in the case was Norma McCorvey who in the court documents was referred as Jane Roe and was a resident of Texas. Roe’s argument in the case was that the Texas law prohibited abortion with exceptions to saving the life of the mother. For Roe she was single and wanted abortion to be performed in licensed and safe clinical conditions. Roe argued that she could not travel to another state that had legal jurisdiction over abortion. She was pregnant when she was appealing the case, she argued that abortion should be a choice of the mother and not limited by the state law as it was then. ...
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