Roe v. Wade: References & Edit History
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| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
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| Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Overturning Roe v. Wade: consequences for midlife womens health and well-being. | Sep 18, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: BBC - Roe v Wade: What is US Supreme Court ruling on abortion? | Mar 20, 2026 | ||
| Top Questions expanded; media added. | Mar 16, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: Justia U.S. Supreme Court Center - Roe v. Wade, 410 U.S. 113 (1973). | Jan 05, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: NPR - Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade, ending right to abortion upheld for decades. | Apr 16, 2024 | ||
| Removed “woman's” as a modifier of the term “constitutional right to privacy.” | Oct 24, 2023 | ||
| Article revised for concision. | Oct 24, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Women's Law Center - Roe v. Wade and the Right to Abortion. | Aug 24, 2022 | ||
| Article revised to mention that Roe v. Wade was overruled by the Supreme Court in June 2022. | Jun 24, 2022 | ||
| Article revised to mention the leak of an apparent draft of a majority opinion of the Supreme Court indicating that the Court had voted to overturn Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey. | May 03, 2022 | ||
| Add new Web site: UShistory.org - Roe v. Wade and Its Impact. | Apr 18, 2022 | ||
| Article updated to mention the Supreme Court's decisions in Whole Woman's Health v. Jackson and United States v. Texas, both issued on December 10, 2021. | Dec 10, 2021 | ||
| Article updated to mention the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to review Whole Women's Health v. Jackson and United States v. Texas. | Oct 25, 2021 | ||
| Article updated to mention Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization and Whole Women's Health v. Jackson. | Sep 17, 2021 | ||
| Article revised to mention the Supreme Court's ruling in June Medical Services L.L.C. v. Russo (2020). | Jun 29, 2020 | ||
| Article revised to mention the documentary AKA Jane Roe (2020), in which Norma McCorvey claimed that she had been paid by antiabortion groups to support their cause. | Jun 26, 2020 | ||
| Media added. | Dec 16, 2019 | ||
| Article revised. | Mar 01, 2017 | ||
| Add new Web site: Bill of Rights Institute - Roe v. Wade (1973). | Feb 07, 2017 | ||
| Add new Web site: Public Broadcasting Service - The Supreme Court - Roe v. Wade. | Jan 06, 2017 | ||
| Add new Web site: Bill of Rights Institute - Roe v. Wade (1973). | Jan 06, 2017 | ||
| Add new Web site: Oyez - Roe v. Wade. | Jan 06, 2017 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Heritage Foundation - Roe v. Wade. | Jan 06, 2017 | ||
| Revised text to make clear that more than one Texas statute was found to be unconstitutional and to include the full name of Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania v. Casey. | Dec 01, 2011 | ||
| Image of Harry A. Blackmun added. | Nov 23, 2011 | ||
| Revised two quotations from the Supreme Court's decision in Roe v. Wade. | Nov 23, 2011 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Apr 26, 2007 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Apr 25, 2007 | ||
| Article revised. | Dec 09, 1999 | ||
| New article added. | Apr 26, 1999 |
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