Roe v. Wade: Explaining the landmark 1973 abortion rights Supreme Court ruling

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

57% : She had conflicted feelings about each, he said, but was consistent on one point: supporting abortion through the first trimester.
54% : Blackmun was still on the court in 1992, when it heard Planned Parenthood v. Casey, a challenge to Pennsylvania abortion laws that included a 24-hour waiting period.
50% : The majority opinion found an absolute right to abortion during the first trimester of pregnancy.
50% : At the time of Roe, abortion was broadly legal in just four states and allowed under limited circumstances in 16 others.
44% : Upholding that ban would undermine both Roe and Casey, which allow states to regulate -- but not ban -- abortion up until the point of fetal viability, at roughly 24 weeks.
43% : What does 'Roe v. Wade' refer to?Roe vs. Wade is the name of the lawsuit filed in Dallas County that led to the landmark 1973 U.S. Supreme Court decision establishing a constitutional right to abortion in the United States.
42% : A leaked draft of a U.S. Supreme Court decision had provided a clear sign weeks ago that the country's highest court could be poised to overturn the constitutional right to abortion, allowing individual states to more heavily regulate or even ban the procedure.
42% : The conservative-leaning court unexpectedly upheld the right to abortion -- while also making it easier for states to impose regulations.
41% : It was his job to enforce a state law prohibiting abortion except to save a woman's life, so he was the person McCorvey sued when she sought the abortion.
41% : The decision, per the draft, would likely result in a patchwork of abortion laws, with some states protecting abortion and others prohibiting it outright.
40% : The question before the U.S. Supreme Court was: Does the Constitution recognize a woman's right to terminate her pregnancy by abortion?
38% : It challenges Mississippi's ban on abortion after 15 weeks.

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