Roe V. Wade

By Ronald McStoffersun

  • Jane Roe files suit against Henry Wade

    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.

  • Case sent to the Supreme Court

    An appeal of the decision of the district court sends the case into its first round of U.S. Supreme Court arguments.

  • Case reargued

    Case reargued
    Case reargued due to the late addition of Justice Powell and Justice Rehnquist to the court.

  • Majority decide in favor of Abortion

    Majority decide in favor of Abortion
    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.

  • Largest Pro-life organization

    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.