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Today in History: January 22, Supreme Court issues Roe v. Wade decision

Also on this day, actor Heath Ledger, age 28, was found dead of an accidental prescription overdose in a New York City apartment

A black and white photo of the Supreme Court in 1967.
The US Supreme Court poses on October 23, 1967 in Washington DC, for its annual picture with new members. From left to right, standing : lawyers Associate Justices Abe Fortas, Potter Stewart, Byron White and Thurgood Marshall, the first afro-american ever elected to the court. Seated : John Marshall Harlan II, Hugo Black, Chief Justice Earl Warren, William O. Douglas and William J. Brennan Jr. On January 22, 1973, the United States Supreme Court, chaired by Chief Justice Warren Burger and including William O. Douglas, William J. Brennan Jr, Potter Stewart, Byron White, Thurgood Marshall, Harry Blackmun, Lewis F. Powell Jr. and William Rehnquist, issued a landmark decision, the Roe v. Wade, a legal case in which the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that unduly restrictive state regulation of abortion is unconstitutional and that the Constitution of the United States protects a pregnant woman’s liberty to choose to have an abortion without excessive government restriction. (Photo by AFP)
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The U.S. Supreme Court, in its Roe v. Wade decision, declared a nationwide constitutional right to abortion.

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