WASHINGTON (WCSC) — The U.S. Supreme Court issued its pivotal decision in Roe v. Wade, recognizing a woman’s constitutional right to an abortion, on Jan. 22, 1973. The Court’s 7-2 majority found that ...

Frontiero v. Richardson (1973) and United States v. Virginia (1996) were argued on the same day, twenty-three years apart. Ruth Bader Ginsburg argued the former case, and wrote the majority opinion in ...