Roe V. Wade: The Abortion QuestionAbortion is an issue that has polarized a nation and the battle lines were drawn ago forty years, with time failing to ease tensions between groups on both sides of this issue. The debate over abortion began in the mid-1800s. However, the issue came to a head in 1973 with the Supreme Court ruling Roe v. Wade which legalized abortion and the fight has continued ever since. This article aims to show how the Roe V Wade trial came to be and the resulting arguments for and against abortion. Norma McCorvey was an impressionable young person who did not have the best circumstances when it came to her education as well as her early life. adult life. She had a very difficult childhood and ended up dropping out of school. She took a job at a traveling carnival in an effort to make ends meet. One evening, while the show was in Georgia, she was attacked by a group of men, raped, and later discovered she was pregnant. Norma returned to her hometown of Dallas, Texas, where, during the process of finding a doctor who could perform an abortion, she met attorneys Linda Coffee and Sarah Weddington. At the time, abortions were illegal in the state of Texas, and Coffee and Weddington were seeking a plaintiff in a lawsuit seeking to challenge the state's ban on abortion in an effort to overturn abortion laws. abortion, hoping to set a precedent for future court decisions. regarding this matter. Norma agreed to cooperate and agreed to act as plaintiff. Eventually, a case was built against the state and papers were filed to prosecute prosecutor Henry Wade. Coffee and Weddington's main concern was that McCorvey's stained past would be discovered... middle of paper ... is not dead and abortion abolition as a whole is far from a reality. Abortion is a procedure that legally ends the life of a child before birth. The debate and political battles will certainly continue in the years to come and the complete abolition of abortion is far from being a reality. However, progress is being made to swing the pendulum in the opposite direction that the Supreme Court sent it with Roe v. Wade. Works Cited Alcorn, Randy. “ProLife Responses to ProChoice Arguments” Sisters: Multnomah, 2000. Print. Herda, HJ “Roe v. Wade The Abortion Question » Hillside: Enslow, 1994. Print.Pickert, Kate. “What a choice.” Time 181.1 (2013): 40 – 46. Academic research completed. Internet. April 13, 2014. Slaughter, Louise M. “Standing for Something.” Stanford Law & Policy Review 24.1 (2013): 167 – 170. Academic research completed. Internet. April 3 2014.