ng abortion in most cases violated a woman's constitutional right of privacy, which the court found implicit in the liberty guarantee of the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.
             The case began in 1970 when Jane Roe, a fictional name used to protect the identity of Norma McCorvey, instituted federal action against Henry Wade, the district attorney of Dallas county, Texas. The court disagreed with Roe's argument of the absolute right to terminate pregnancy in any way and at any time, but attempted to balance a woman's right of privacy with a state's "interest" in regulating abortion.
             The court stated that only compelling state "interest" could justify the regulation of limiting fundamental rights such as privacy. The court stated that legislators must draw statutes narrowly to express the legitimate state "interests" that are at stake. The court then attempted to balance the state's distinct "interests" in the health of pregnant women and in the potential life of fetuses. It stated that a state's interest in the pregnant woman's health would allow the state to regulate abortion at approximately the end of the first trimester of pregnancy. The court held that the Texas statute was unconstitutional because of its breadth. (Britanica.com)
             With this legalization of abortion the political and moral battle between the Pro-Choice movement and the Pro Life movement became entre
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