Roe, an unmarried, pregnant woman from Texas wanted an abortion, but an existing statute prevented her from doing so. The Texas statute, originally passed in 1857, outlawed abortions except to save the life of the life of the mother. Roe filed a lawsuit in the federal district court on behalf of herself and all other pregnant women. Roe wanted to have an abortion statute declared because the 1857 statute passed in Texas was unconstitutional. Roe stated it was an invasion of her right to privacy guaranteed by the First, Fourth, Fifth, Ninth, and Fourteenth Amendments. At the same time Roe sought an injunction, or court order, issue against the

statutes enforcement so that she might go

In Roe's case, the Supreme Court found the Texas abortion statute unconstitutional. In the courts opinion, the court held the Texas law violated a right to privacy guaranteed by the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. Also, the court further held that such a right is a "qualified" one and subject to regulation by the state. The state has legitimate interests in protecting both the pregnant woman's health and the potentiality of human life.(i.e. the life of the fetus.) To have an abortion the Supreme Court divided a woman's pregnancy into trimesters. During the first trimester of a woman's pregnancy, the first three months, a woman could have an abortion on demand without the interference of the state. During the second trimester, the second three months, the state is allowed to regulate abortions for the safety of the mother and child, but could not prohibit them entirely. And in the third trimester of pregnancy, the last three months, the state could regulate or forbid all abortions except when an

After the Supreme Courts decision on Roe vs. Wade and Doe vs. Dolton, the states began to liberalize their abortion laws. Abortion quickly became a divisive political issue of Americans. President Reagan used the

Judgment stating the Georgia law unconstitutionally violated her right to privacy as well as her Fourteenth Amendment guarantees of due process and equal protection. Just Roe, Doe sought out an injunction against the laws enforcement.

anti-abortion movement to help him win the presidency. President Reagan attempted to change the abortion laws but didn't have much of an affect.

Around that same time a woma

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