Aleksandra Mir
Keep Abortion Legal
Toronto, Canada: Nothing Else Press, 2017
18.8 x 9.4 cm
Open edition
A vinyl bumper sticker produced in an unlimited edition, available for $3.00 CDN, here.
The landmark US Supreme Court decision Roe v. Wade was handed down 48 years ago today, ruling that the Constitution of the United States protects a pregnant woman's liberty to choose to have an abortion, without excessive government restriction.
The decision involved the case of a woman named Norma McCorvey—using the pseudonym "Jane Roe"—who became pregnant with her third child in 1969. McCorvey wanted an abortion, but she lived in Texas, where abortion was illegal except when necessary to save the mother's life. Lawyers Sarah Weddington and Linda Coffee filed a lawsuit on her behalf in U.S. federal court against her local district attorney, Henry Wade, alleging that Texas's abortion laws were unconstitutional. A three-judge panel of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas heard the case and ruled in her favour. Texas appealed and the ruling went to the U.S. Supreme Court, which agreed to hear the case.
The court issued a 7-2 decision, ruling in favour of Roe, on January 22nd, 1973.
There have been countless attempts to overthrow this decision, and with three Trump appointees now on the court, there is a very serious danger that the ruling is in jeopardy.
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