Feminism and the Tunisian Revolution · TURNING POINT · 1973

Roe v. Wade (1973)

22 Jan 1973 — By 7–2, the Supreme Court rules that the constitutional right to privacy covers a woman’s decision to end a pregnancy, striking down most state bans. The case had been filed in Dallas in 1970 on behalf of Norma McCorvey (“Jane Roe”).

When: 22 Jan 1973
Type: Turning point
Chapter: The personal is political (chapter 3 of Feminism and the Tunisian Revolution)
Atlas: Protest and Change: Second-Wave Feminism and Tunisia, 1945–2015

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Map showing Roe v. Wade (1973), turning point in Protest and Change: Second-Wave Feminism and Tunisia, 1945–2015 — TURNING POINT · PROTEST AND CHANGE: SECOND-WAVE FEMINISM AND TUNISIA, 1945–2015

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Redstockings Women’s Liberation Archives. Factual historical evidence; no source prose reproduced
US Supreme Court; Cornell Legal Information Institute. Factual historical evidence; no source prose reproduced
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Village Preservation; venue evidence. Factual historical evidence; no source prose reproduced

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