Abortion Evolution: How Roe v. Wade Has Come to Support a Pro-Life & Pro-Choice Position

Abstract

FIRST PARAGRAPH(S)|In 1973, facing a lack of consensus on when human life begins, the United States Supreme Court decided in Roe v. Wade that before viability, where there is a right to privacy for the woman on one side, and there is no established right to life on the other side, the woman�s right to privacy�and abortion�must be protected. Before viability, the woman�s choice controls.|Decades after the decision, fixed abortion rights and Roe v. Wade now seem nearly synonymous. However, the truth is more nuanced. Attentive reading reveals conditionality and even latent humility within the decision which are seemingly forgotten.