Book contents
- Critical Race Judgments
- Critical Race Judgments
- Copyright page
- Contents
- About the Contributors
- Advisory Committee
- Foreword
- Introduction
- 347 U.S. 483 (1954)BROWN et al.
- Part I Membership and Inclusion
- Part II Participation and Access
- Part III Property and Space
- Part IV Intimate Choice and Autonomy
- 388 U.S. 1Supreme Court of the United States
- 570 U.S. 637Supreme Court of the United States
- 507 U.S. 292Supreme Court of the United States
- 539 U.S. 558Supreme Court of the United States
- 431 U.S. 494 (1977)U.S. Supreme Court
- 274 U.S. 200Supreme Court of the United States
- 410 U.S. 113Supreme Court of the United States
- Part V Justice
410 U.S. 113Supreme Court of the United States
Jane ROE et al., Appellantsv.Henry WADENo. 70–18.
from Part IV - Intimate Choice and Autonomy
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 22 April 2022
- Critical Race Judgments
- Critical Race Judgments
- Copyright page
- Contents
- About the Contributors
- Advisory Committee
- Foreword
- Introduction
- 347 U.S. 483 (1954)BROWN et al.
- Part I Membership and Inclusion
- Part II Participation and Access
- Part III Property and Space
- Part IV Intimate Choice and Autonomy
- 388 U.S. 1Supreme Court of the United States
- 570 U.S. 637Supreme Court of the United States
- 507 U.S. 292Supreme Court of the United States
- 539 U.S. 558Supreme Court of the United States
- 431 U.S. 494 (1977)U.S. Supreme Court
- 274 U.S. 200Supreme Court of the United States
- 410 U.S. 113Supreme Court of the United States
- Part V Justice
Summary
Argued December 13, 1971.Reargued October 11, 1972.Decided January 22, 1973.
Justice MURRAY, concurring in the judgment.1
Since 1854, Texas, like many other American jurisdictions, has made it a crime to procure or attempt to procure an abortion, except with respect to “an abortion procured or attempted by medical advice for the purpose of saving the life of the mother.” Tex. Penal Code Arts. 1191–94, 1196 (1961). Petitioner Jane Roe is an unmarried woman living in Dallas County, Texas. She alleges that, unmarried and pregnant, she sought to terminate her pregnancy by an abortion “performed by a competent, licensed physician, under safe, clinical conditions.” She was unable to secure a “legal” abortion in Texas because her life did not appear to be threatened by the continuation of her pregnancy. Lacking the resources to travel to another jurisdiction to secure a legal abortion under safe conditions, she was forced to continue her pregnancy.
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- Critical Race JudgmentsRewritten U.S. Court Opinions on Race and the Law, pp. 523 - 534Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022