Jane Roe, a 21 year-old with a baby on the way, brought a lawsuit against the district attorney of Dallas County, Texas when she could not get an abortion. The Supreme Court sided with Roe in a 7-2 decision because the justices felt that the case and Roe's argument concerned the First, Fourth, Ninth, and, as Roe had stated in her argument, the Fourteenth Amendments. Roe wanted to establish the right for a woman to obtain an abortion in the cases that the pregnancy was unwanted, like in cases of rape, and the court sided with her.
In my opinion, as extrapolated from the rights established in the United States Constitution, a woman should have the right to choose because there might be circumstances surrounding the pregnancy that might make a difficult life for the baby and for the parents. In addition, as the the Supreme Court had stated in the explanation of their decision, a fetus in its mother has not developed mentally and physically enough to be considered a person that is covered under the Constitution.
This clip gives some background on the case and viewpoints from various people on the subject. This clip has hints of pro-life, yet on the whole provides a generally unbiased coverage of the case.
As displayed at the end of this YouTube video, Jane Roe never performed the abortion that she fought so hard to obtain the rights for and today, she serves as a pro-life, anti-abortion activist because she explains that she has developed a closer connection with God and now sees the truth and the "horror" of abortion.
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