The Supreme Court initially established a woman's right to have an abortion and prohibited states from making abortion a criminal act in

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In 1973, the Supreme Court ruled in Roe v. Wade that a woman has a constitutional right to have an abortion, striking down laws in Texas and across the country that made abortion a criminal act. This landmark decision established that the constitutional right to privacy encompasses a woman's decision to terminate a pregnancy.

The Supreme Court Initially Established a Woman's Right to Have