... made abortion legal was the Supreme Court Case Roe v. Wade.(CNN Library) This case was when the plaintiff, Norma McCorvey who was known in court as Jane Roe filed against Henry Wade, the district attorney of Dallas County. The Supreme Court decision affirmed the legal right of a woman to have an abortion which opened up doors to one of the biggest ... ...

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... may by entirely prohibited by the state with the exception to save the woman's life. In 1969, Roe (Norma McCorvey) was denied an abortion by Texas law, and she sued Henry Wade, the Dallas County District Attorney trying to prove her point that the law was unconstitutional. Although pregnant throughout some of the three trials, Norma McCorvey never once had an ... ...

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