Topic > Roe v. Wade: A Pivot in Reproductive Rights - 1313

The cases featured the situations of the pregnant single woman, the childless couple, and the practicing doctor. They ruled that Roe and Hallford had just cause to sue because they had filed actionable disputes. The Doe had failed to allege sufficient facts to state current litigation, so they had no standing to argue a case. It was decided that with respect to the requests for a declaratory judgment, abstention was not justified. The court held that the fundamental right of single women and married people to choose whether to have children is protected by the Ninth and through the Fourteenth Amendments. They also found that Texas' abortion statutes are void for being vague and for excessively violating the plaintiffs' Ninth and Fourteenth Amendment rights. The district court ruled in favor of Roe on the legal merits of his case, but refused to grant an injunction against enforcement of laws prohibiting