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 * Roe v. Wade was a case on abortion, one of the most significant cases in U.S. Supreme Court history.
 * The case was first argued on December 13th, 1971. The argument was Jane Roe v. Henry Wade D.A. of Dallas County.
 * The case held that a woman might abort her pregnancy by her own choice, until the point where the fetus becomes “ viable “. The court defined viability as the child being able to live outside of the mother’s womb.
 * The court said that only if abortion is to protect a woman’s health when the fetus is viable.
 * Roe v Wade created a national debate which still continues today, about weather or not abortion should become legal and left as choice to those who want an abortion. This created the sides, Pro-choice and Pro-life.

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