On this day in history, Jan. 22, 1973, the Supreme Court made its decision in the historic abortion regulation court case — Roe v. Wade. The 7-2 ruling stood for nearly 50 years.
The opinion said, in part,"Nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law," as Britannica noted.In one of the most interesting twists connected to the case,"Jane Roe" — Norma McCorvey — did not have the abortion she had pushed for after all.
She was 22, unmarried, unemployed and pregnant for the third time in 1969 when she fought for the right to have an abortion in Texas. But by the time the Supreme Court rendered its decision establishing abortion rights in 1973, she had already given birth — and given up her baby girl for adoption. A portrait of Norma McCorvey , who years after the Roe v. Wade decision underwent a conversion and joined the anti-abortion movement. She passed away at age 69 in 2017.
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