Roe v. Wade

Roe v. Wade
The 1973 U.S. Supreme Court case that held that abortions are permissible for any reason up to the point of the fetus’ viability.

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Roe v. Wade
(1973)
A U.S. Supreme Court case in which the Court ruled that abortions (previously limited to those necessary to save a woman's life) are legal, and any state law that denied the right of a woman to have an abortion in the first trimester (three months) of pregnancy was a denial of her right to privacy under the due process guarantee in the Fourteenth Amendment. Until this ruling, every state had laws making an elective abortion a crime.
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  • Roe v Wade — 7 [Roe v Wade] [ˌrəʊ vɜːsəs ˈweɪd] [ˌroʊ vɜːrsəs ˈweɪd] noun a legal case in the US Supreme Court that decided that ↑abortion is allowed by the Constitution   Culture: The case was in 1973. The judges said that a state must allow any woman, if… …   Useful english dictionary

  • Roe v. Wade — a court case decided by the US Supreme Court in 1973 which said that the states cannot prevent a woman from having an ↑abortion …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • Roe vs. Wade — [ ,rou vərsəs weıd ] a decision by the U.S. Supreme Court in 1973 that made ABORTION legal …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • Roe vs. Wade — UK US [ˌroʊ vərsəs ˈweɪd] a decision by the US Supreme Court in 1973 that made abortion legal …   Useful english dictionary

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