In 1973, the Supreme Court of the United States handed down a decision in Roe v. Wade that would become the most controversial decision of the twentieth century. Using the idea of privacy and the belief that individuals should be able to make important decisions about their own lives, the Court determined that only a pregnant female and her medical care provider should be involved in a decision to end a pregnancy by abortion within the first trimester. States were given the right to prohibit abortions at any time. The decision resulted in battle lines being formed, and Pro-Choice and Pro-Life advocates, as they came to be known, engaged in a decades-long struggle to control the reproductive rights of women. Pro-choice is the political and ethical view that a woman should have complete control over her fertility and the choice to continue or end a pregnancy. Pro- life, is against abortions and believes that women should carry-out the pregnancy. Norma McCorvey was a Texas resident who wanted to end her pregnancy in an abortion . She claimed that hindering abortion was denying her rights to the fourteenth amendment. The only way Norma could get an abortion by state law was if the fetus was affecting the women’s health, endangering them. McCorvey was the plaintiff and she went into the case anonymously by the name Jane Roe. Henry D. Wade was the defendant and was against altering the law to allow abortions.
Norma McCorvey became pregnant by her boyfriend in 1969, with her third child. (Sherry Holetzky, Wise Geek). The previous two children were given up for adoption but Norma wanted to abort this third child to prevent having to say goodbye once again to another spawn. McCorvey was 21, single, and a waitress at the time and when she wanted to have an abortion, she claimed she was raped just to achieve her goal to abort. IN order to begin a case, Norma McCorvey, met up with Sarah Weddington and Linda coffee to make a plan as to how they can bring this situation...