Roe v. Wade

Roe v. Wade Roe v. Wade was in many ways the most controversial decision enacted by the Supreme Court, and no other court decision has been more bitterly attacked. The right of privacy is the main issue upon which the Roe decision was based. Roe v. Wade came before the court together with a companion case, Doe v. Bolton. In both cases, pregnant woman sought relief against state abortion laws contending they were unconstitutional. Roe …

…as a person to constitutional protection, attacked the decision on a variety of fronts. A nationwide campaign was instituted to amend the constitution to prohibit or severely restrict abortion. Abortion became, rather than simply a legal and constitutional issue, a major political and social controversy. Many states passed laws imposing additional procedural requirements on women who sought abortions but federal court decisions holding these new laws unconstitutional usually followed each passing of the new laws.