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Roe v. Wade (1973)

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In Roe v. Wade (1973) the Court held the inferred right to privacy reached a woman's decision to end a pregnancy.

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The Court set a trimester framework, barring restrictions in the earliest months and allowing more later.

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This holding was narrowed, then overruled; the course states each holding, not which was right.