The case Roe v. Wade was brought by a woman named Norma McCorvey who went under the pseudonym Jane Roe. She sought an abortion in Texas, where it was illegal except to save a mother's life. May 22, ...

NEW YORK (WABC) -- In a special presentation called "In the Balance," Eyewitness News dives deeper into the apparent draft Supreme Court opinion obtained by Politico that shows the court is poised to ...

DALLAS — 400 North Ervay in downtown Dallas houses apartments now. But in 1970, it was federal court. On the third floor of the residential building sits a well-preserved courtroom that acts as a ...

Roe v. Wade attorney Linda Coffee's archive of nearly 150 case-related documents went under the hammer today — on the 53rd anniversary of the day when Coffee and her co-counsel, the late Sarah ...

1971 – The case is filed by Norma McCorvey, known in court documents as Jane Roe, against Henry Wade, the district attorney of Dallas County, who enforced a Texas law that prohibited abortion, except ...

It was 52 years ago today the U.S. Supreme Court handed down arguably its most controversial ruling of the 20th Century. The case involved a Texas woman named Norma McCorvey. In 1969 she found out she ...

Giving due respect to both sides of the conflict, the authors effectively trace and analyze the core debates, examine the case's unique history, clarify the jurisprudence behind the Court's ruling, ...

It seemed only logical after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade that abortion rates would go down and births would go up. Instead, the opposite happened: Abortions went up last year and the ...

In the wake of the Supreme Court's landmark decision to overturn Roe v. Wade in June 2022, abortion rates across the U.S. have slightly increased according to a report released Wednesday. The ...

Abortion rights activists are shocked that their 50-year efforts could fall. Heather Booth was just 18 years old when she joined the civil rights movement. A member of the Student Nonviolent ...