Roe V. Wade: A Controversial Debate

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Roe v. Wade: A Controversial Debate Brittany Morris Constitutional Law CRJ 120 23 September 2015 Roe v. Wade Abstract Abortion has extensively been a controversial subject since before the beginning of the Roe v. Wade case, which was decided in 1973. Even today, after nearly forty-two years, abortion continues to remain a national debate as to whether abortion should remain lawful or not, and it continues to affect lives all around the world. Roe v. Wade is considered to be one of the utmost sentimental and controversial cases that has ever appeared before the United States Supreme Court. 1 Roe v. Wade Roe v. Wade: A Controversial Debate Abortion, a medical practice that is used to terminate a pregnancy before the fetus…show more content…
Wade case began on December 13, 1971. The case began because “women were being denied” their right to do what they desired “with their bodies” (Payment, 2004). During this time, abortions were illegal in every state in the United States. Many women were having abortions done illegally, putting themselves into “dangerous situations” (Payment, 2004). Some women even died during these dangerous and unlawful practices. Others decided to travel to different countries to have an abortion that was harmless and legal. Unfortunately, there were still many women who were too underprivileged to have the funds for an abortion. There was a “group of women from Texas” who were dissatisfied with these laws; they decided that they wanted to change these laws, giving all women the right to do whatever they pleased with their own bodies (Payment, 2004). Then, in 1970, this group of women discovered lawyers, Sarah Weddington and Linda Coffee, who agreed to challenge these laws in Texas, trying to make abortion…show more content…
The one they found that had the most interests with their case was Griswold v. Connecticut, which was decided in 1965 by the Supreme Court. Griswold v. Connecticut allowed “married couples” to have the “right to use contraceptives to prevent pregnancy” (Payment, 2004). Citizens of the United States have the right to make their own decisions under the Constitution, and the abortion laws violate those rights. The right to privacy was going to be the primary key to Weddington and Coffee’s case. In the “legal document,” also known as a brief, Weddington and Coffee used “the First, Fourth, Fifth, Ninth, and Fourteenth Amendments to make their case” (Payment, 2004). After the 4 Roe v.
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