The Supreme Court decision in Roe v.Wade (1973)

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The Supreme Court decision in Roe v. Wade was based on a new legal interpretation of privacy rights. The court held that a woman's right to choose to have an abortion was protected under the constitutionally guaranteed right to privacy. However, the decision did not enable women to obtain an abortion during any point of a pregnancy. It established a framework that balanced the state's interests in regulating abortion with a woman's right to privacy based on the trimester of the pregnancy.

The Supreme Court Decision in Roe V.Wade (1973)