Roe v. Wade is a Supreme Court case on the outlaw on abortion in Texas. Jane Roe wanted to have the choice of getting an abortion. She took Henry wade into court and she said that it violated four different amendments, but really it only violated the fourteenth amendment. The 14th amendment states “No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws”. I’m gonna explain three different things that happened during the trial and my personal opinion. Roe’s friends try to get her to say she was raped to …show more content…
I don't like the thought of abortion being used to kill a child, but on the other hand it is a women's choice on if they want to or not. Abortion is one of those things where it just hurts to think about someone doing. Each person has the freedom of speech as stated in the 1st amendment. Roe wanted to have the choice on if she wanted to or not and she established that in court. Even though the state of Texas put the law into order she still managed to get it to go to the supreme court and ultimately win the case. Roe had two different lawyers during this trial the first was Sarah R. Weddington and her second lawyer after it was re-argued was Linda Coffee. Roe also had two different opponents first was Jay Floyd and the second eas Robert C. Flowers. This whole argument started because she wanted to terminate her pregnancy in Texas, but it was only allowed if it threatened the mother's life. Jane also fought for pro-abortion rights due to the fact that it is in the constitution. Since it classifies as a women's right to her own medical decisions and her personal health. The court realized that the 14th amendment is broad enough to encompass a woman's decision to terminate her pregnancy. The reason the first argument didn't pass was because Sarah Weddington could not locate the constitutional hook of her argument for justice Potter Stewart. Jay Floyd misfired from the start. Weddington sharpened her constitutional argument in the second round. Robert Flowers came over strong questioning from justices Potter Stewart and Thurgood Marshall. The court had held that a women's right to an abortion fell within the right to privacy recognized in Griswold v. Connecticut protected by the 14th amendment. The decision gave a women total authority over the pregnancy during the first trimester and defined different levels of state interest for the second and third trimesters. As a result, the laws of 46