In 1973, the Supreme Court declared that, except under certain conditions, states may not prohibit a woman's right to have an abortion during the first six months of pregnancy. This decision affected thirty-one states' antiabortion laws. It all began in 1970 when a Texan waitress challenged a state law that made abortion a criminal offense. A woman calling herself "Jane Roe", the plaintiff, was denied an abortion under the law and she sued Dallas County District Attorney Henry Wade, the defendant. The Supreme Court ruled that the Texas law violated a woman's right to privacy, which was protected by the 14th Amendment to the Constitution and by several parts of the Bill of Rights. The 14th Amendment in the Constitution states that no State shall deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law. So how is it legal for these states to make it possible so women cannot have abortions. Depriving them of an abortion would be depriving them of possible life and......

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Title: Abortion And The Supreme Court
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