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1970: looking for a legal abortion, Jane Roe, 21, files suit in against defendant Henry Wade in Texas’ Dallas Country District Court. The Texas court rules in Roe’s favor.
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An appeal of the decision of the district court sends the case into its first round of U.S. Supreme Court arguments.
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Case reargued due to the late addition of Justice Powell and Justice Rehnquist to the court.
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finally decided in the Supreme Court by a 7 to 2 majority. The court held that under the Fourteenth Amendment most U.S. abortion laws are unconstitutional.
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The first NRLC Convention is held in Detroit, gathering activists from pro-life groups around the nation to form what has become the largest pro-life organization in the United States.
