Roe v. Wade

Texas law restricted legal abortions to those performed to save the mother's life. Roe (plaintiff), a pregnant single woman, sued Wade (defendant), a Texas official, arguing the statute unconstitutionally restricted her right to obtain an abortion. The federal district court found the statute void for vagueness, overbreadth, and infringement of Roe's Ninth and Fourteenth Amendment rights, but declined to issue an injunction; Roe appealed that denial to the U.S. Supreme Court.