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Under Debate
The national association in charge of abortion started making certain changes to laws doing with abortion, leaning more towards pro choice. But there was nothing pushing it over the edge to be made for sure. -
In the Midst of Change
The law was abortion was illegal, except for certain circumstances or rape, incest, or potential harm to the mother. At this point, about 30 other states were in the same boat.. unsure but leaning towards changing into more pro-choice. -
Roe
Roe was defending a pregnant woman, Norma McCorvey, and all women in Texas. McCorvey was an unmarried woman who seeked to have an abortion from many different doctors, but kept getting rejected. Roe challenged that this violated women rights in the 1st, 4th, 5th, 9th, and 14th Amendments. -
National Right to Life Meeting
The Right to Life leaders all got together in Illinois and held a huge meeting. They were concerned on what would come of Roe V Wade, and discussed what they can do to prevent it. -
Convention in Macalester College
This pro- choice organization holds its first convention at Macalester College in Minnesota.
At this convention, all the leaders from around the country got together. They started their own newsletter to keep other organizations up-to-date on what laws were coming into play. -
The Supreme Court ruled the case under the right to privacy.
Roe’s challenge fell under the right to privacy. This is a huge topic for the Supreme court, since there was so much freedom for the people to decide themselves who to marry, if they have kids, and then how they would raise those children. Roe saw all this in a way as we get all these freedoms with few restrictions.. there are no forced marriages, no forced children, no “correct” way to raise a child.. if we have all these freedoms, why don’t women have the freedom to decide whether to have an u -
Abortion Legalized
Abortion is legalized throughout the entire country, overturning state abortion laws. But regulations are set in afterward. The very same day, Doe v Bolton overturns the same law in Georgia. -
Court Decision on Fetus
Before ruling the case under privacy, the Court needed to establish certain things first. The Constitution never called the unborn a person, meaning that aborting the fetus is not murder. The unborn were called fetuses. A fetus is an unborn that cannot function on its’ own. They figured that the fetus, because it is not a “person” yet, does not have any legal rights or protection. But they also concluded that there comes a time in the pregnancy, after the first trimester, that the fetus is devel -
National Right to Life Committee
A new protest committee is formed to argue abortion. -
Abortions Recorded
With abortion becoming legal, 744,000 abortions were reported throughout 1973. -
March for Life
The first ever March for Life in Washington was led by Gray, the woman in charge. The march ends near the Supreme Court with a huge protest. This is now an annual tradition.
