When did the case begin....Ive looked on Google...and all its really telling me is when the court came up with its descion..??? But i need to know when the case began.??? Thank you.
And no im not cheating i just need to find out the information for a term paper
2007-12-04 07:15:35 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
Norma McCorvey became pregnant in the summer of 1969. The 21-year-old woman's marriage had failed, and her mother and stepfather were raising her five-year-old daughter. McCorvey did not want to continue her pregnancy. Since Texas law prohibited abortion except to save a woman's life, McCorvey began to look for someone willing to perform one illegally.
Although she was not successful in that search, she did meet Sarah Weddington and Linda Coffee, two attorneys interested in changing the abortion laws. McCorvey agreed to become plaintiff "Jane Roe" in a test case. (Years after the trial, McCorvey came forward under her own name.)
The complete history is here:
http://womenshistory.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?zi=1/XJ&sdn=womenshistory&cdn=education&tm=34&gps=171_23_482_387&f=20&tt=11&bt=0&bts=0&zu=http%3A//www.galegroup.com/free_resources/whm/trials/roe.htm
2007-12-04 07:23:30 · answer #1 · answered by jurydoc 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Norma McCorvey (Jane Roe), became pregnant in the summer of 1969.
The original lawsuit was filed it at the Dallas federal courthouse on March 3, 1970.
May 22, 1970, the case was amended to a class-action suit to that "Jane Roe" would represent all pregnant women.
2007-12-04 07:25:18 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Roe v. Wade is an insult to the Constitution. Nowhere in the Constitution is the word abortion used. Five liberal justices twisted the Fourth Amendment (Right to Privacy) to mean abortions are no body's business but the mother's. That is failed logic. If that were the case, anything done in the privacy of ones home would be legal. And we know that is not true. For example, you can not legally commit suicide. Attempted suicide had been judged illegal.
2016-05-28 04:19:18 · answer #3 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It began in 1970 in Texas. It went to the Supreme Court in 1971, was argued again in 1972, and adjudiciated in 1973.
2007-12-04 07:24:16 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋