Modern Era · North America · Politics
1973
Roe v. Wade
January 22, 1973
The Supreme Court ruled seven to two that the Constitution protected a woman's right to abortion until viability of the fetus. Justice Harry Blackmun wrote the opinion. The ruling set off a fifty-year political war, rearranged American electoral coalitions, and would finally be overturned in 2022 by a very different court.
In context
Also in 1973 (4 other events on record)
- Pinochet coup in Chile · South America · Politics
- Yom Kippur War · Middle East · War
- OPEC oil embargo · Middle East · Politics
- First mobile phone call · North America · Technology
Before and after in North America
- Before: 1972: Pong arrives in bars
- After: August 9, 1974: Nixon resigns
Before and after in Politics
Era
Modern Era (1901–2000), one of 590 events from that era on Saeculum.
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