Roe v. Wade

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A landmark case presented before the US Supreme Court in 1973, which was instrumental in legalising abortion in the US

Roe v. Wade

Obstetrics A 'landmark' case presented before the US Supreme Court in 1973, which was instrumental in legalizing abortion

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The purpose of this study is to examine: (1) the change in attitudes toward abortion over a seventeen-year period from 1977 (after the Roe vs.

TRENDS IN ABORTION ATTITUDE AMONG YOUNG ADULTS: 1977-1993

Democrats, meanwhile, are intent on protecting use of the filibuster on Supreme Court nominations, fearing that its loss could allow a future Republican president to easily confirm conservative justices to the high court - appointments that could turn the judicial tide on Roe vs.

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Abortion is legal in all states under the pivotal 1973 Roe vs.

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When one as consistently, unabashedly partisan as the pro-abortion Harris poll splashes this headline"Support for Roe vs.

Harris Poll Shows Lowest Support for Roe v. Wade in Decades

Supreme Court decisions searchable from October 1995, as well as a handful of notable earlier rulings, such as Roe vs.

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After months of speculation, pro-life forces were surprised and disappointed that Roe vs.

Abortion: the never ending controversy

She's viewed as a swing vote on a number of cases, including one largely upholding Roe vs.

Former Supreme Court justice to speak here

Giuliani, whose support for abortion rights has long been part of his political persona, angered some pro-choice activists when he said it would be ''OK'' if Roe vs.

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But the most important sentence appears not in the Texas case of Roe vs.

PUBLIC CONFUSION ABOUT ROE v. WADE AND DOE v. BOLTON

Meanwhile, the court's liberal minority may have been wary of getting too far out in front of public opinion with a definitive ruling that could prompt a lasting conservative backlash, one similar to the still-simmering reaction against the court's 1973 Roe vs.

A win for gay marriage

His thick files on the abortion cases tell the little-known story of how Roe vs.