• Supreme Court decided on Roe v. Wade on January 22, 1973
    • Ruling made abortion legal in all statesPlanned Parenthood: Roe v. Wade: Introduction, reports, resources
    • Decision of a woman's right to choose was found to be protected by the 14th Amendment of the U.S. ConstitutionBBC: Roe v. Wade...(December 10, 2004)
    • Lead plaintiff: "Jane Roe", real name Norma N. McCorveyBBC: Roe v. Wade...(December 10, 2004)
    • Defendant: Henry Wade, Dallas County district attorney representing the state TexasBBC: Roe v. Wade...(December 10, 2004)
    • Case first filed in 1969, McCorvey (Roe) said she had been raped and was forced to give birthBBC: Roe v. Wade...(December 10, 2004)
    • Appealed the case in 1973BBC: Roe v. Wade...(December 10, 2004)
    • Norma McCorvey later said she never had an abortion and regretted her pro-choice standBBC: Roe v. Wade...(December 10, 2004)
    • McCorvey became a pro-choice activist and started a pro-life ministry in 1997Roe No More Ministry Homepage: The Pro-Life Outreach of Norma McCorvey

  • Roe v. Wade was a class action lawsuit in 1973 between lead plaintiff "Jane Roe", years later identified as Norma N. McCorvey, and the Dallas County district attorney Henry Wade, defendant in the lawsuit. Wade represented the state of Texas. The U.S. Supreme Court decision in the case said laws against abortion in The United States violated a constitutional right to privacy under the Fourteenth Amendment.BBC: Roe v. Wade...(December 10, 2004)

  • Obama and Roe v. Wade

    President-elect Barack Obama supports Roe v. Wade.Obama's Presidential Campaign 2008: Obama Statement on 35th Anniversary of Roe v. Wade Decision On January 19, 2009, Democratic sources said that after Obama takes office on inauguration day, one of his first moves may be overturning the "Mexico City policy." The policy was set in place by George W. Bush as one of his first executive orders as president. The policy, referred to by critics as the "global gag rule," prohibited the United States from funding international family planning organizations that provided information or assistance to helping woman obtain abortion services.CNN: Sources: Obama May Quickly Reverse Abortion Policy (January 19, 2008)

  • March for Life

    Pro-life supporters gather yearly in Washington, D.C. for the March for Life. The march is held on the anniversary of Roe v. Wade. They march from the Washington Mall to the U.S. Supreme Court. The 2009 march took place on January 22, 2009, two days after President Barack Obama, who supports Roe v. Wade, took office. Thousands of people participated in the march.

  • Public Opinion on Abortion

    According to a CNN/Opinion Research survey from October 2007, 36 percent of Americans think abortion should be legal in most or all circumstances, 40 percent that it should be legal in a few circumstances, and 22 percent that it should not be legal in any circumstances.CNN: 35 years after Roe: A legacy of law and morality (January 21, 2008)

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