Roe V Wade Flashcards
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What was Roe v Wade?
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Roe v Wade was a case before the Supreme Court, where lawyers successfully argued that a 21-year-old woman had the right to an abortion. The Supreme Court ruled all women had the right to safe and legal abortions.
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Who was opposed to Roe v Wade?
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❖Many states which had previously banned abortion tried to make it very difficult for women to have access to the procedure, such as Alabama placing abortion clinics at the states edge.
❖The National Right to Life Committee formed with the goal of reversing the Roe v Wade decision.
