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Roe v. Wade Case Summary: What You Need to Know<\/h1>\n
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\n By Laura Temme, Esq.<\/a> | Legally reviewed by Ally Marshall, Esq.<\/a>\n | Last updated\n
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Few Supreme Court decisions have reached the same level of fame and scrutiny as Roe v. Wade. The 1973 case established a framework for legal abortions across the United States. But in 2022, the Court reversed the decision, taking back a constitutional protection that stood for decades. <\/p>\n\n <\/div>\n\n

Roe v. Wade<\/a><\/i>\u00a0is a 1973 lawsuit that famously led to the Supreme Court making a ruling on abortion rights. Jane Roe, an unmarried pregnant woman, filed suit on behalf of herself and others to challenge Texas abortion laws. A Texas doctor joined Roe’s lawsuit, arguing that the state’s abortion laws were too vague for doctors to follow. He had previously been arrested for violating the statute.
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At the time, abortion<\/a> was illegal in Texas unless it was done to save the mother’s life. It was a crime to get an abortion or to attempt one.<\/p>\r\n

In\u00a0Roe v. Wade<\/i>, the Supreme Court decided two important things:<\/p>\r\n