Abortion timeline By jonahdz Jun 13, 1969 June 1969, Norma L. McCorvey discovered she was pregnant Mar 3, 1970 Coffee and Weddington filed suit in a U.S. District Court in Texas May 22, 1970 Roe v. Wade reached the Supreme Court on appeal Dec 13, 1971 Arguments were scheduled by the full Court May 31, 1972 Blackmun proposed that the case be reargued Oct 11, 1972 The case was reargued Jan 22, 1973 The Court issued its decision on with a 7-to-2 majority vote in favor of Roe
