Over the course of US history, abortion was not uncommon. However, from 1820 to 1868, thirty-six states had passed restrictive abortion laws. In December of 1971, Roe et al. v. Wade, District Attorney of Dallas County, was argued for the first time, this was followed by a reargument in October of 1972 and a Supreme Court decision on January 22, 1973. Roe was an single, pregnant woman seeking …show more content…
According to Robert A. Dahl in his, “Roles of the Supreme Court Symposium, No. 1” a policy decision is “an effective choice among alternatives about which there is, at least initially, some uncertainty.” By this interpretation, the Supreme Court make’s policy influencing decisions daily. This affect is magnified because the Supreme Court uses its own past conclusions to set precedence for future decisions. In Roe v. Wade, Roe’s stance was supported by the ideal that The Right to Due Process included the right to an abortion. The Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth amendment states that a state may not “deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law.” The court used an elastic interpretation of the clause in order to expand it, allowing it to encompass the matter of