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What famous cases did the texas supreme court decide?

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What famous cases did the texas supreme court decide?

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Famous cases: Roe v Wade One of the most famous cases of the twentieth century, Roe v. Wade, led to a landmark ruling allowing women to have legal abortions in America. In 1970 a suit was filed in a U.S. District court in Texas on behalf of Norma L McCorvey referred to as “Jane Roe” to protect her anonymity. The defendant in the case was the Dallas County District Attorney, Henry Wade, who represented the state of Texas. McCorvey claimed that her pregnancy was the result of rape and challenged the constitutionality of the Texas criminal abortion laws, which did not allow women to get an abortion except on medical advice for the purpose of saving the mother’s life. She wished to terminate her pregnancy with the help of a proper doctor but was unable to do so in Texas because her life did not appear to be threatened by the continuation of the pregnancy. The argument put forward by McCorvey was that the Texas statutes were unconstitutionally vague and that they abridged her right to perso

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