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To: ejdrapes
The Roe case arose out of a Texas law that prohibited legal abortion except to save a woman's life. At that time, most other states had laws similar to the one in Texas. Those laws forced large numbers of women to resort to illegal abortions.

Jane Roe, a 21-year-old pregnant woman, represented all women who wanted abortions but could not get them legally and safely. Henry Wade was the Texas Attorney General who defended the law that made abortions illegal.

After hearing the case, the Supreme Court ruled that Americans’ right to privacy included the right of a woman to decide whether to have children, and the right of a woman and her doctor to make that decision without state interference.

100 posted on 07/27/2011 8:55:45 PM PDT by normy (Don't take it personally, just take it seriously.)
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I need to fess up.
I did not read the whole article.

I hate when people do that.


110 posted on 07/27/2011 9:04:11 PM PDT by right way right
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