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Roe v. Wade: Test Your Knowledge!

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Across
3. Fourteenth: Amendment on which Supreme Court Case decided in favor of Roe
4. Dallas: City case was originally brought forth
6. Seven: Number of judges for the majority decision in Roe v. Wade
8. Robert Flowers: Attorney arguing Wade’s side during second Supreme Court
11. Third: Trimester, based on the Supreme Court Decision, when the state gains an interest in the fetus
13. Norma: First Name of the real Jane Roe
16. Henry: First Name of State Appointed Prosecutor Wade
19. Nineteen-seventy-three: Year of Supreme Court Decision
20. Twice: Number of times case was argued before the Supreme Court
21. Ninth: Amendment District Court used to rule in favor of Roe that Supreme Court did not
22. Adopted: Fate of Roe’s child, born before case was heard

Down
1. Griswold v Connecticut: Original landmark Supreme Court Case in 1965 that ruled the Constitution protected a right to privacy
2. January: Month of Supreme Court Decision
5. Sarah Weddington: Original attorney for Roe; also argued before Supreme Court
7. Blackmun: Majority writer for the Roe v. Wade Supreme Court Decision
9. William Rehnquist: A dissenting Justice, eventually replaced by George W. Bush
10. Two: Number of dissenting judges in Roe v. Wade
12. McCorvey: Last Name of the real Roe
14. Ronald Reagan: As a consequence of the Roe v. Wade decision, he promised in his 1980 presidential campaign to appoint “strict constructionist” federal judges who would support “family values”
15. Byron White: Dissenting Justice on Supreme Court
17. Jay Floyd: Attorney arguing Wade’s side during first Supreme Court hearing
18. Doe v Bolton: Companion case decided on same day as Roe v. Wade, held it was unconstitutional to have state prohibitions on abortion in early pregnancy