The legal case is Roe v. Wade, 410 U.S. 113 (1973). In this landmark decision, the Supreme Court ruled that a state law banning abortion except to save the life of the mother was unconstitutional. The Court held that a woman's right to choose to have an abortion is protected by the constitutional right to privacy derived from the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. This decision has had a significant impact on reproductive rights in the United States.
