Roe v. Wade
1973 US Supreme Court judgement on abortion
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Roe v. Wade is a decision of the Supreme Court of the United States[1]. It ranks in the top 0.38% of decision of the supreme court of the united states entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (14,754 views/month, #3 of 789).[2]
Key Facts
- Country: United States[3]
- Commons category: Roe v. Wade[4]
- Has part(s): concurring opinion[5]
- Publication date: January 22, 1973[6]
- Significant event: oral argument[7], negation[8]
- Main subject: abortion in the United States[9]
- Applies to jurisdiction: United States[10]
- Legal citation of this text: 410 U.S. 113[11], 93 S. Ct. 705[12], 35 L. Ed. 2d 147[13], 1973 U.S. LEXIS 159[14]
- Facet of: abortion debate[15]
- Published in: United States Reports[16], West's Supreme Court reporter[17], United States Supreme Court Reports, Lawyers' Edition[18]
- Title: Jane Roe, et al. v. Henry Wade, District Attorney of Dallas County[19]
- Defendant: Henry Wade[20]
- Plaintiff: Norma McCorvey[21]
- Hashtag: RoeVWade[22]
- Cites work: Gunn v. University Committee to End the War in Viet Nam[23], Mitchell v. Donovan[24], Carter v. Jury Commission of Greene County[25], Florida Lime and Avocado Growers, Inc. v. Jacobsen[26], Lochner v. New York[27], Flast v. Cohen[28], Sierra Club v. Morton[29], Golden v. Zwickler[30], Truax v. Raich[31], Southern Pacific Terminal Co. v. ICC[32], Moore v. Ogilvie[33], Carroll v. Princess Anne[34], United States v. W. T. Grant Company[35], Samuels v. Mackell[36]
- Court: Supreme Court of the United States[37]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: gender gap on Dutch Wikipedia[38]
- Majority opinion by: Harry Blackmun[39]
Why It Matters
Roe v. Wade has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[40] It is known by 69 alternative names across languages and contexts.[41]