The key to this discussion isstare decisis, not abortion! Therefore, please leave personal attacks, religion, and politicsout. This case was selected in order to focus your attention on legal reasoning, despite your personal beliefs. In the realm of law and ethics, you will be expected to addresscontroversial issues. This assignment will help you rely upon facts, data, and legal precedent, instead of personal convictions.Therefore, any posts thatfail to address stare decisisas the main issue will bedeleted.

1. Draft arguments thatRoe v. Wadeis settled law under the concept of stare decisis.

Roe v Wade was decided in 1973. The Supreme Court at that time determined that a woman had a right to choose. One of the "underpinning" issues of Roe is a right to privacy. The right to privacy is addressed in the 1st, 4th, 5th, 9th, 13th and 14th Amendments.

Roe v. Wade, legal case in which theU.S. Supreme Courton January 22, 1973, ruled (7-2) that unduly restrictive state regulation ofabortionis unconstitutional. In a majority opinion written byJusticeHarry A. Blackmun, the Court held that a set of Texas statutes criminalizing abortion in most instances violated a woman'sconstitutionalright of privacy, which it found to beimplicitin the liberty guarantee of thedue processclause of theFourteenth Amendment("...nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law"). Roe v. Wade, legal case in which theU.S. Supreme Courton January 22, 1973, ruled (7-2) that unduly restrictive state regulation ofabortionis unconstitutional. In a majority opinion written byJusticeHarry A. Blackmun, the Court held that a set of Texas statutes criminalizing abortion in most instances violated a woman'sconstitutionalright of privacy, which it found to beimplicitin the liberty guarantee of thedue processclause of theFourteenth Amendment("...nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law"). In 1998, having undergone two religious conversions, McCorvey publicly declared her opposition to abortion. In the documentaryAKA Jane Roe(2020), however, a dying McCorvey claimed that she had been paid by antiabortion groups to support their cause. In 1998, having undergone two religious conversions, McCorvey publicly declared her opposition to abortion. In the documentaryAKA Jane Roe(2020), however, a dying McCorvey claimed that she had been paid by antiabortion groups to support their cause.