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Friday, May 25, 1973
TL End Date
Friday, May 25, 1973
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1973
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https://www.aasect.org/sites/default/files/roe%20v%20wade.jpg
TL Media Credit
Credit: Fred W. McDarrah
TL Text
The U.S. Supreme Court, in Roe v. Wade, strikes down the 1859 Texas law that prohibited abortions except to save a woman’s life. The court rules that the constitutional right of privacy extends to a woman’s decision, in consultation with her doctor, to have an abortion.
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