
Roe v. Wade: What it is and what the leaked Supreme Court draft opinion could signal
Fox News
A 1973 landmark decision from the Supreme Court that granted federal protections for abortion could soon be overturned amid the revelation of a draft opinion from one of the court's conservative justices, potentially leaving states to determine how to handle the procedure within their borders.
Norma McCorvey, identified as Jane Roe in the case, became pregnant in 1969 and wanted to have an abortion. At the time, abortions were outlawed in Texas except in cases of rape, incest or to save the life of the mother. With the help of two recent University of Texas law students, a lawsuit was brought about on McCorvey's behalf. That lawsuit claimed McCorvey's constitutional rights were violated and that she had a right to an abortion in her home state of Texas.