Roe Vs Wade Abortion. Women interested in getting an abortion were forced to go against the law and risk the chance of getting themselves and the doctors arrested (morton). The decision struck down many u.s.

•this ruling was questioned many times after 1973 •in general, the legal status of abortion today is the same as decided in this ruling •jane roe was the waypoint to legalizing abortion in the u.s. Women interested in getting an abortion were forced to go against the law and risk the chance of getting themselves and the doctors arrested (morton). The roe v wade ruling ensures the key principles of constitutional abortion rights and is the only thing preventing a number of states of enacting their own abortion bans.