Roe v. Wade: The Battle over Abortion | Stephanie Barclay

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🗓️ 30 June 2025

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Few U.S. Supreme Court decisions have sparked more controversy and cultural upheaval than Roe v. Wade. This landmark 1973 ruling on abortion rights transformed America’s legal, political, and moral landscape. In this PragerU 5-Minute Video, Georgetown Law Professor Stephanie Barclay examines the far-reaching impact of Roe v. Wade, exploring its constitutional implications, legal reasoning, and the ongoing debate over life, liberty, and judicial power. Discover why Roe remains a defining moment in Supreme Court history and a flashpoint in America’s culture wars. Get all our content ad-free on PragerU.com or download the PragerU app: https://l.prageru.com/45GvWlu Follow PragerU on social media: YouTube Instagram X/Twitter Facebook Rumble Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:31.8	Perhaps no modern U.S. Supreme Court decision has aroused more passion than Roe v. Wade, the 1973 case that announced
0:40.4	the constitutional right to abortion. A judicial earthquake, it shook the country to its social,
0:46.6	political, and constitutional core. The aftershocks continue to this day.
0:52.3	Socially, it revolutionized how people thought about, talked about,
0:56.9	and experienced abortion. In the words of UC Berkeley professor Kristen Luker, it changed everything.
1:04.1	Politically, it gave rise to two opposing movements, pro-life and pro-choice. Constitutionally, it suggested that the court had the power
1:13.3	to create rights that lacked any meaningful support in the text of the Constitution.
1:18.1	Roe concerned a Texas woman named Norma McCorvey, then kept anonymous under the pseudonym Jane Roe.
1:25.4	McCorvey wanted to have an abortion, but was prevented from doing so because of
1:29.4	Texas' abortion law. In 1970, Jane Roe sued Dallas County District Attorney Henry Wade to
1:36.5	overturn the Texas law. Her case, Roe v. Wade, reached the Supreme Court, and in January,
1:42.9	1973, the court ruled seven to two in favor of Roe,
1:48.3	declaring that Texas had violated Roe's constitutional right to privacy. That right had been loosely
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